Jury of William Edward Hickman in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1928

Description: Photograph appears with headline, "Hickman Jury Returns Sanity Verdict in Thirty-six Minutes on First Ballot Taker," Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb 1928: 2.
William Edward Hickman goes to trial for the murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker.
The jurors sit in the jury box. An unidentified thirteenth woman stands next to the second row of jurors.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William kidnapping
Handwritten on negative: Hickman Jury
Text from newspaper caption: "Guilty" on Their First Ballot The jury which found Hickman sane: Front row (left to right)-Arlo E. Ruckett, Robert L. Bowman, Mrs. Virginia L. Roess, Mrs. Emily Lindrum, Sarah A. Roach, Harry H. Wood, Howard Atkinson, Howard Skerves, J. A. Ruggles (foreman,) Edwin Venables.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Roess, Virginia L, b. 1889 or 90-1942
Roach, Sarah A.
Venables, Edwin, b. 1861 or 62
Lindrum, Emily, b. 1876 or 77
Atkinson, Howard
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Ruckett, Arlo E.
Kahn, Elias
Skerves, Howard
Ruggles, J.A.
Bowman, Robert L.
Wood, Harry H.
Bullis, Elizabeth A., b. 1874
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Juries--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9488
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dhk1h
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