Group of defendants and attorneys at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Item Overview

Title

Group of defendants and attorneys at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Date Created

between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

From left to right: Ed Levine, A. Brigham Rose, Richard H. Sampson, Donald MacKay, William G. Bonelli, Merle Templeton, William J. Cook, and unknown (possibly last name O'Brien) at the liquor license bribe trial. Levine, a lobbyist, Bonelli, member of the state board of equalization, Templeton, chief liquor control officer, and Cook, friend and campaign worker for Bonelli are all accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Rose is the attorney for Levine, Sampson is representation for Templeton, and MacKay is council for Bonelli.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: Bonelli, William G.; Templeton, Merle; Rose, A. Brigham; Levine, Ed; Hughes, Hal; Mackay, Donald; Cook, Wm. J.; Huntsman, Ray

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Government
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles

Names

Cook, William J.
MacKay, Donald
Levine, Edward
Templeton, Merle
Sampson, Richard H.
Bonelli, William G.
Rose, A. Brigham

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image