Erwin P. Werner testifies in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Description: Erwin P. Weinblatt sits at the witness stand with his hands clasped.
The Italo Petroleum Corporation was originally charged with trying to defraud investors, saddle them with heavy losses over the failed purchase of another oil company. The fraud was allegedly conducted through letters mailed to the investors, hence the charge of mail fraud. Justice Gavin Craig, former political figure Helen Werner, and political lobbyist Joseph Weinblatt were all tried for attempting to bribe the U.S. Attorney General on behalf of the Italo Petroleum Corp.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: E. P. Werner
Text from negative sleeve: Werner, Erwin P. + Helen no contact prints made

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Werner, Erwin P., (Erwin Peter), 1893-1975
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2619
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dcdvq
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