Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938.

Title: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938.
Date Created: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Date: 1938-01-17/1938-02-18
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed conferring with an attorney at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Paul A. Wright

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Wright, Paul A.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Legal

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