Seven-year-old Virginia Carter on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Seven-year-old Virginia Carter on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

April 18, 1935

Date

1935-04-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Similar photograph appears with the article, "Child Lisps Accusation," Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr 1935: A2.
Virginia sits on the witness stand with her hands fidgeting in her lap. The judge leans close to her while the jury sits on the other side of the girl watching her testimony.
Seven-year-old Virginia testified to the court that after witnessing her mother argue with her father's alleged mistress 20-year-old Frances Walker, Gladys Carter shot Frances. Virginia ran from the room and heard a second gunshot behind her, which is believed to have been self-inflicted by her mother, who is recovering and still too weak to testify. Other witnesses in the trial were neighbor Annie Olson, Captain Elmer C. Marty, and Frank L. Walker, father of the victim.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Virginia Carter
Text from negative sleeve: CARTER, VIRGINIA MURDER CASE 1935 AGE, 7, AND DOG, TESTIFIED IN MURDER CASE

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Carter, Virginia, b. 1927 or 28

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judges--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles