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Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher. Busby was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died.
Date:: September 29, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Howard Hughes in court during the inquest for the traffic death of Gabe S. Meyer, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Howard Hughes in court during the inquest for the traffic death of Gabe S. Meyer. Hughes struck Gabe S. Meyer with his automobile. Meyer died from the injuries sustained. A jury found the pedestrian's death accidental and exonerated Hughes.
Date:: July 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Howard Hughes in court during the inquest for the traffic death of Gabe S. Meyer, Los Angeles, 1940

Coroner Frank Nance listens to testimony from Roland West at the grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, December 18, 1935

Description:: West testifies at grand jury hearings to determine Todd’s cause of death. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Nance was Los Angeles Country Coroner 1921-1945. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:: December 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Coroner Frank Nance listens to testimony from Roland West at the grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, December 18, 1935

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935