Abe Schwartz, a juror for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: Abe Schwartz, a juror for the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: [between January 17-February 16, 1938]
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Mr. Abe Schwarz, Los Angeles tire worker and juror for the "White Flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.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: Schwartz, Abe

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1387_16937-01
16937
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0027z3g7
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