Grand jury debating the case of Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen, who is accused of violating the state gasoline tax law, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

Title: Grand jury debating the case of Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen, who is accused of violating the state gasoline tax law, Los Angeles, 1929-1930
Date Created: between December 4, 1929 and March 6, 1930
Date: 1929-12-04/1930-03-06
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: The grand jury during a case against Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen. Allen, along with three others originally, was accused of evading the state gasoline tax by insisting that gas had been exported out of state, when it was really sold to local retailers. The case was eventually dismissed
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Jack Allen (cheating)
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Allen, Jack (cheating)

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Allen, Jack
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fraud--California--Los Angeles
Gasoline taxes--California--Los Angeles
Grand juries
Crime
Legal
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025gtpc
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