Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a map of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a map of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: [circa May 1936]
Date: 1936-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: James, Robert S.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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