Courtroom filled with men and women attending the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer, Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Courtroom filled with men and women attending the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created: December 29, 1927
Date: 1927-12-29
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Related to the article, "Attorney for Hickman Here: Walsh Starts Work on Case Immediately on Arrival. Status as Representative of Mother Made Plain. Plans for Course of Action to be Decided Later," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 1927: A2.
Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial that began January 25, 1928. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
A standing room only courtroom filled with men and women attending the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, who confessed to kidnapping and murdering Marion Parker, age 12.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10419
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbcs0
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Rights Country: US
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