Business man Francis Verhaeren sits at the plaintiff table during a slander trial, Los Angeles, 1931

Item Overview
- Title
- Business man Francis Verhaeren sits at the plaintiff table during a slander trial, Los Angeles, 1931
- Date Created
- October 19, 1932
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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Francis J. Verhaeren, hotel man, sits at the plaintiff's table during his civil trail. He accused wealthy retired chemical engineer R. H. Semple of slandering him during a dinner party. Verhaeren lost the case.
A different photograph of Francis J. Verhaeren take on the same occasion appears with the article, "Redress Denied In Slander Suit; Court Orders Verdict for Semple, Defendant., Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct, 1932: A2.
The alleged slander occurred when a actress Louise Mitchell announced that she had lost her $10,000 engagement ring. Verhaeren claimed Semple accused him of stealing the ring, which was later found. Semple countered he had only been telling a joke. The judge agreed with Semple. - Caption
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Text from negative sleeve: Verhaeren, Francis J., 1931
Handwritten on negative: Francis J. Verhaeren
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs - Names
- Verhaeren, Francis J.
- Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
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- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local identifier
- uclamss_1429_4362
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- Rights statement
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- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- License
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