Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Title: Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937
Date Created: November 18, 1937
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: McLaglen, Leopold, Capt.; Sewell, Harry F., Judge

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
People
Legal
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Names: McLaglen, Leopold
Sewell, Harry F., 1889-1941
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: 16069
uclamss_1387_16069-02
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0027xtr2
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