Court reporter Ben Smith and assistant Frances Knox, 1929

Description: Frances Knox, in dress and pearls, and Ben Smith, in suit and tie, both seated holding reporting pads, with empty chairs in background
Related to Los Angeles Times article, July 9, 1929, Pike Inquiry to End Today, Indictments Possible in Bribe-Charge Case, Fitts-Smith Controversy Settled Amicably, Latter Tenders Apology to District Attorney. ... An amicable settlement of the controversy between Dist.-Atty. Fitts and Ben Smith, official court reporter for the grand jury, growing out of Smith’s refusal to turn over to the District Attorney his notes and statements taken during the Pike arrest, appeared certain. ...
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Smith, Ben, Pike-Davis affair, [1928?] [1929?]
Handwritten at edge of negative: Ben Smith, Frances Knox

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