Subject: Legal / Genre: news photographs and cellulose nitrate film / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Black leather bag obtained as evidence in Fay Sudow murder case, Los Angeles, 1920

Description:: Textured black leather bag with handle and clasp at top, flat bottom, on edge of round table with bookcase in background. Bag is wrapped with 2 thin ropes and affixed with address label from Fred W. Wolf to Alfred Allen, and shipping label marked Collect.
Date:: December, 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele testifying in court, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

1835 Mexican decree establishing Los Angeles as capital of Alta California, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Referenced in more recent article, "Dusting Off the Pages From California's Past," [Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1983]. There is no related article from photograph's time period. This more recent column references the image's subject as part of the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of historical documents. The printed document in the photograph is an original decree establishing Los Angeles as the new capital of the Mexican territory of Alta California. It is signed by then Secretary of the State, Jose Maria Gutierrez de Estrada, on behalf of the interim president of Mexico, Miguel Barragan. The names of other persons, printed in the decree, include: Basilio Arillaga, Deputy President; Antonio Pacheco Leal, President of the Senate; Demetrio del Castillo, Deputy Secretary; and Manuel Miranda, Secretary of the Senate. It is dated May 23, 1935.
Date:: October 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Telegram from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), Chicago, 1920

Description:: Telegram text reads: FRED ALLEN WILL COME WHEN NEEDED PLEASE LET ME NO HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE WHEN TRIAL COMES UP IF TRIAL CAN BE POSTPONED FOR A WHILE WIRE ANSWER AT ONCE SO I WILL KNOW WHAT ARRANGEMENTS TO MAKE AND HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE FAY SUDOW
Date:: September 28, 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Meyer Simon and his son Norton Simon at the doorway to the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Meyer Simon and his son Norton Simon at the doorway to the Los Angeles County Grand Jury room in Los Angeles.
Date:: May 11, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bell County, Texas, Sheriff John Bigham and embezzling suspect Arthur B. Crouch, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Arthur B. Crouch was known in Helensville, New Zealand as John Grey or "Honest John."
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Kathleen Burke in court for a divorce, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Actress Kathleen Burke in court for her divorce, wearing a dress, hat and necklace with a pendant cross
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Walter E. Carr, district director of immigration, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, "Carr Takes Former Job, Immigration Director Back in Post Here as Duties of Office Increase," December 27, 1934.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lois Wright, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, on witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 16, 1935, Pond Death Jury Splits, Fatal Causes Undecided, Inquest Conducted in Case of Mrs. Mary E. James; Husband Weeps
Date:: August 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Joseph P. Sproul and Carl Barrow, [Los Angeles?], [1930-1938?]

Description:: Judge Joseph P. Sproul, in suit and tie, and teenager or young man Carl Barrow, in uniform, both seated at table, with flags and typewriter in background
Date:: [1930-1938?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen, seated, in suits and ties, with attorney Bowman near center, hand to face, among about 8 other people, with bookcase, fan, flag, and door in background
Date:: April 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen, seated, in suits and ties, with attorney Bowman near center, hand to face, among about 8 other people, with bookcase, fan, flag, and door in background
Date:: April 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendant Earle E. Kynette in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Earle E. Kynette, in suit and tie, head bandaged, seated, with six other people partially visible in background
Date:: June 27, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actresses Grace Bradley, Toby Wing, Lona Andre at court to obtain contract approvals, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Movie actresses Grace Bradley, Toby Wing, Lona Andre seated on a bench at court to obtain contract approvals
Date:: September 19, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Investigator Marjorie Fairchild and Lois Wright, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Marjorie Fairchild, in dotted dress, and Lois Wright, in light dress, walking together in hallway, door reading Women behind them, sign reading District Attorney on wall in center, photographer partially visible at right
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Kathleen Burke in court for a divorce, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Actress Kathleen Burke in court for her divorce, wearing a dress, hat and necklace with a pendant cross
Date:: November 8, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Betty Boyd on the day of a court appearance, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Actress Betty Boyd on the day of a court appearance to discover if she is entitled to separate maintenance from her ex-husband.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

James Pemberton, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, on witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 16, 1935, Pond Death Jury Splits, Fatal Causes Undecided, Inquest Conducted in Case of Mrs. Mary E. James; Husband Weeps
Date:: August 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Commission member, Thomas Perry, stands between fellow commissioners William G. Hale and Thomas C. Ridgway, who are both seated at a table strewn with documents. The California Code Commission, tasked with revising and codifying laws from thousands of specific state statutes, met to outline its objectives. Members were chosen from the legal and academic community. Commissioners included: President Thomas Caldwell Ridgway, former president of the California bar association; Vice-chairs, USC Dean William Green Hale and Perry Evans of San Francisco; Secretary Fred B. Wood; Don G. Bowker of Los Angeles; Gerald Hanna Hagar of Oakland; Berkeley's Professor Alexander Marsden Kidd; Stanford's Professor William B. Owens, and Norris N. Montgomery of Santa Barbara. Hagar and Kidd's names are misspelled in the Los Angeles Times caption and nitrate negative captions.
Date:: October 5, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Black leather bag obtained as evidence in Fay Sudow murder case, Los Angeles, 1920

Kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele testifying in court, Los Angeles, 1933

1835 Mexican decree establishing Los Angeles as capital of Alta California, Los Angeles, 1935

Telegram from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), Chicago, 1920

Meyer Simon and his son Norton Simon at the doorway to the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, Los Angeles, 1933

Bell County, Texas, Sheriff John Bigham and embezzling suspect Arthur B. Crouch, Los Angeles, 1929

Actress Kathleen Burke in court for a divorce, Los Angeles, 1934

Walter E. Carr, district director of immigration, Los Angeles, 1925

Lois Wright, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, on witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Judge Joseph P. Sproul and Carl Barrow, [Los Angeles?], [1930-1938?]

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Bombing defendant Earle E. Kynette in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Actresses Grace Bradley, Toby Wing, Lona Andre at court to obtain contract approvals, Los Angeles, 1933

Investigator Marjorie Fairchild and Lois Wright, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, Los Angeles, 1936

Actress Kathleen Burke in court for a divorce, Los Angeles, 1934

Actress Betty Boyd on the day of a court appearance, Los Angeles, 1934

James Pemberton, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, on witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

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