Paul Kelly on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1927

Description: Kelly has claimed that the blows he dealt to Ray Raymond were in self defense, and were not what caused the comedian's death. Kelly has confessed his love for Raymond's widow, Dorothy Mackaye.
The picture taken from what appears to be the jury box shows Kelly sitting with crossed legs in the witness stand, looking towards the ceiling. The court stenographer is also in the frame, his face slightly blurred from being caught in motion.
Photograph appears with the article, "Self-Defense Excuse Given," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1927: A2.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: MacKaye, Dorothy murder 1927
Text from newspaper caption: Paul Kelly Testifies

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Names: Kelly, Paul, 1899-1956
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_6178
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwbnz
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