William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 7, 1936

Date

1936-02-07

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

In January 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was charged with perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. He was prosecuted by Clyde C. Shoemaker and defended by Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, and William E. Scott with Winthrop O. Gordon as the attorney aid.
Seated at the table, from left to right: William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, Jerry Giesler, Joe Scott, and an unidentified man. Joe Scott has his back turned to the camera. Several unidentified individuals stand in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3268 --- 2/11/36 Buron Fitts, Mrs Buron Fitts, Jerry Geisler, W M Simpson, Bobby “, Mrs W M “, Roy Keane, Mrs Chas Phillips, Fits Jury Comes in with verdict 2-7-36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Simpson, William E., 1899-1951

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles