Defense attorney Jerry Giesler, in court during murder trial of Paul A. Wright, circa February 1938

Title: Defense attorney Jerry Giesler, in court during murder trial of Paul A. Wright, circa February 1938
Date Created: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Date: 1938-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Defense attorney Jerry Giesler stands before the jury, during the "white flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Giesler led Wright's defense team, and argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Caption: Text from original nitrate negative: Giesler, Jerry, Att.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Juries--California--Los Angeles
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