M.R. Watrous, sound technician, testifying in Werner trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Title: M.R. Watrous, sound technician, testifying in Werner trial, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created: March 1, 1937
Date: 1937-03-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: M.R. Watrous sitting in witness stand. Behind him is a black board with a drawing of a room plan. In the judge's bench, a man's head is visible, possibly that of Superior Judge Fricke. This photograph was probably taken when Watrous, a sound technician, testified in Superior Judge Fricke's courtroom at the second trial of Erwin and Helen Werner on liquor license corruption charges.
Possibly related to the article, "Weinblatt Story Backed: Reporters Support ex-Aide of Werners on Liquor Evidence," Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 1937: 1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 5636-- M.R. Watrous, sound technician, put dictograph in Helen Werner's office, Werner Trial, Mar 1 1937, [stamped:] Mar 11 1937.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Watrous, M. R. (Mervin Reynolds), 1903-1967
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14333
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7ws9
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Rights Country: US
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