Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: January 27, 1936
Date: 1936-01-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Buron Fitts and his legal team. From left to right: Fitts, William Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler.
In January 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was charged with perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Buron Fitts, WM. Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler 1-27-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3268 – 2/2/36 Buron Fitts, W M Simpsons, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler Fitts trial 1-27-36

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Simpson, William E., 1899-1951
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12159
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h857x
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