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Defense attorney Jerry Giesler in court during the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:
Prominent Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler photographed addressing 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.Superior court judge Ingall W. Bull Sr. is visible in the background of the photograph.
Date:
[between January 13-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Defense attorney Jerry Giesler in court during the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938.

Madam Lee Francis and Judge Cecil D. Holland reading an anonymous letter that was sent to the Judge, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
“Night-life figure” (read: Madam) Lee Francis and Judge Cecil D. Holland examining an anonymous letter sent to Judge Holland which asked the court to convict Francis. Francis was arrested on a morals offense after she offered two girls to an undercover deputy sheriff over the phone. This was the second letter sent to the Judge that condemned Francis’s actions.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Madam Lee Francis and Judge Cecil D. Holland reading an anonymous letter that was sent to the Judge, Los Angeles, 1940

A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William G. Bonelli (second from left), State Board of Equalization member, and Merle Templeton (far right), Chief Liquor Control Officer, both charged with involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Far left is A. Brigham Rose, attorney for Ed Levine, another alleged member of the pay-off ring, which included at least six members. Second from right is Judge Carlos S. Hardy, who was not the judge for the trial
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli with A. Brigham Rose and Carlos S. Hardy at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William G. Bonelli (center), member of the State Board of Equalization, who is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from local liquor retailers, standing between A. Brigham Rose (left) and Judge Carlos S. Hardy (right). A. Brigham Rose is the attorney for Ed Levine, a lobbyist also accused of involvement in the liquor license bribe scandal. It is unclear how Judge Hardy is involved with Bonelli, as he is not the judge for this trial.
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli with A. Brigham Rose and Carlos S. Hardy at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Kid McCoy, defendant, testifies during his murder trial, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "Former Ring Idol Enacts Death Scene on Witness Stand: DEFENSE CLOSES AS KID REVEALS FAMILY TAINT Ex-Pugilist Enacts His Version of Mrs. Mors's Death Before Jury; Arguments on Monday," Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 1924: A1
Date:
[December 19, 1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Kid McCoy, defendant, testifies during his murder trial, Los Angeles, 1924

A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness looks at evidence during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards camera and looks down at an open book in front of him. To his left, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In front of the bench, lawyers sit at the counsel's table. In the foreground, a man stands with his back to camera along the right edge.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness looks at evidence during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the right and rests her elbow on the box's ledge. To the right of her, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks towards the counsel's table. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the right and rests a elbow on the box's ledge. To the right of him, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and takes notes. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Charlotte Ethel Lee takes the witness stand beside Judge Charles S. Burnell, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Miss Lee leans forward from her seat in the witness stand. Judge Burnell is fixated on something that he is writing, as is the court stenographer, who is seated at a lamp lit table in front of Miss Lee. Another unidentified man sits in the foreground, his chair facing the witness stand and his back facing the camera.
Date:
May 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Charlotte Ethel Lee takes the witness stand beside Judge Charles S. Burnell, Los Angeles, 1927

Virginia Carter gives testimony against her mother to Judge Borwon, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “Child Tells of Seeing Killing: Girl Changes Her Story in Mother’s Death Case Court Scene as Small Girl Tells of Fatal Shooting GIRL UPSETS DEATH TRIAL Accused Mother Took Gun From Woman, Says Child in Changed Testimony,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Jun. 1935: 1.
Date:
June 8, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Virginia Carter gives testimony against her mother to Judge Borwon, Los Angeles, 1935

Clyde C. Shoemaker and key witness Lucien C. Wheeler at Buron Fitts perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
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 falsely testified the amount of money he received through the sale. He was prosecuted by Clyde C. Shoemaker and defended by Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, and William E. Scott with Winthrop O. Gordon as the attorney aid.
Date:
January 27, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Clyde C. Shoemaker and key witness Lucien C. Wheeler at Buron Fitts perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Witness takes the stand during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the camera and rests a elbow on the box's ledge. To the right of him, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and takes notes. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table. A tall stack of documents sits in the middle of the table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness takes the stand during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness sits on the stand at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the right and rests a elbow on the box's ledge while interlacing his fingers. Behind and to the right of him, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and also glances to the right. In the foreground at right, a court reporter sits with her back to the camera.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness sits on the stand at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
A court session was held in Good Samaritan Hospital at the bedside of Golda Draper, the waitress who was shot through her back at a café on West Jefferson Street by attorney Donald A. Rothrock, who fired on the waitress because of a perceived slight in service he had received two days prior to the shooting.
Date:
September 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton sits on the witness stand and Superior Judge Leon R. Yankwich presides, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
A similar photograph of Aimee Semple McPherson on the witness stand is captioned, "Evangelist Quizzed on Film and Marital Affairs Upper picture at the trial of the film contract breach suit shows Superior Judge Yankwich and Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton. Lower picture was taken at the deposition proceedings--left to right--Dave Hutton, Attorney Benjamin Lewis, Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton, Attorney Edward A. Adams and Miss Ruth Tuttle, shorthand reporter," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 1934: A3
Date:
[January 29, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton sits on the witness stand and Superior Judge Leon R. Yankwich presides, Los Angeles, 1934

Detective Dick Lucas testifying in the trial against Councilman Carl I. Jacobson, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Photograph of Detective Lieutenant Richard J. "Dick" Lucas, one of the officers involved in the arrest of Thirteenth district councilman Carl I. Jacobson for violation of the moral code. The charges against the councilman were later dropped, and Detective Lucas was charged with the conspiracy to "frame" the Councilman. He was also freed of guilt, following which he resigned from the police force.
Date:
[between Aug and Oct, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Detective Dick Lucas testifying in the trial against Councilman Carl I. Jacobson, Los Angeles, 1927

Judge Samuel R. Blake holding a pen over three stacks of transcripts, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Judge Samuel R. Blake leans over three stacks of papers. One of his hands holds a pen while the other holds a paper down. The stacks of papers are transcripts of the Aimee Semple McPherson case. Photo appears with the article, "Unprecedented Preliminary Court Record Filed in McPherson Case," Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 1926: A12.
Date:
November 9, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Judge Samuel R. Blake holding a pen over three stacks of transcripts, Los Angeles, 1926