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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

Description:: Robert S. James and Samuel Silverman, both in suits and ties, standing, with chalkboard or easel at right, bailiff and another man behind them, man at rolltop desk in foreground, crowded courtroom in background
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lois Wright, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, with investigator Marjorie Fairchild, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, April 20, 1936, Girl Seized With Uncle, Dictagraph Used by Raiders, Morals Case Arrest Brings Reopening of Fish-Pond Death Inquiry
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Edward Brand marrying Jean Reynolds and Alfred Jimenez, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:: "Intent to Marry: Jimenez-Reynolds. Alfred Jimenez, 21; Jean Reynolds, 19," published in the Los Angeles Times, April 11, 1935
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Hazel Boyd at court to obtain a divorce, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article, "Declares Spouse not Home Body; Wife Declares in Divorce Action Husband Deserted Marital Nest Often," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1926.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935 Carsi

Description:: Adofo Corsi seated in a chair during the coloner's jury proceedings. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity.
Date:: January 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, 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

Actress Betty Boyd probably at the time she divorced Charles Henry Over, Jr., Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Actress Betty Boyd seated in front of a bookcase, probably in 1934 when and Charles Henry Over, Jr. were divorced.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Joseph P. Sproul, Roland St. John Braddell, and Estelle Braddell, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Judge Joseph P. Sproul, Roland St. John Braddell, and Estelle Braddell, all standing in office with bookcases in background
Date:: September 15, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marino Bello, stepfather of actress Jean Harlow, with police detectives, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article, "Police Quiz Actress, Bern’s Suicide Still Mystery, Jean Harlow Near Collapse as Police Seek Motive for Mate Killing Self, His Last Note, Referring to 'Wrong' and 'Comedy' Remain Unexplained," Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 1932: 1.
Date:: September 6, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Edward R. Brand seated at his desk, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:: Judge Edward R. Brand seated at his desk with papers and a telephone
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

California Code Commission meets to set body's agenda, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Nine suited men pose at a commission meeting, standing or sitting at a wooden 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

Kidnapping victim Mary Skeele walking blindfolded with a group of men [police detectives?], Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Mary Skeele walking blindfolded with a group of men [police detectives?], in a residential neighborhood
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sisters Ella Maria Lengel and Sarah Clark celebrate Lengel's divorce, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Ella Lengel, in a floral blouse, and sister Sarah, wearing a top with a white collar, smile cheerfully off-camera. A grinning man is seen in the distant background. Partly due to Clark's testimony, Lengel succesfully obtained a divorce from her allegedly abusive and philandering husband.
Date:: October 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Clarence L. Kincaid administering an oath to Judge Edward R. Brand, Los Angeles, 1930-1930

Description:: Judge Clarence L. Kincaid, holding an open book and raising his right hand, administering an oath to Judge Edward R. Brand, who also holds up his right hand. A coat and hat on a coat rack are in the background on the right.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fletcher Bowron, Superior Court Judge (1926-1938) presiding in his courtroom, Los Angeles, 1926-1938

Description:: Fletcher Bowron, Superior Court Judge (1926-1938) presiding in his courtroom
Date:: [between 1926-1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Harold G. Ferguson outside courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: At the time this photograph was taken, Harold G. Ferguson had served in San Quentin State Prison for the grand theft of investment funds in the 1929 sale of the Malibu La Costa beachfront properties--faciliated by his former real estate company the Harold G. Ferguson Corporation. After his release, Ferguson testified at this 1935 trial, in which the Malibu investors were ultimately denied the recovery of $443,000 from the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association and the Marblehead Land Company, the third-party companies Ferguson used to broker the Malibu deals.
Date:: October 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Olive Owen Wright divorces husband, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Woes Cited by Actress, Olive Owen Wright Granted Freedom From Husband Orchestra leader," Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1935
Date:: October 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Frank S. Forbes, Los Angeles, circa 1919-1927

Description:: Judge Frank S. Forbes seated in a leather chair at his desk
Date:: [circa 1919-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert P. Shuler on witness stand, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Probably related to Los Angeles Time article, March 2, 1929, Shuler Takes Defense Stand, Pastor Denies Intending Slur at Catholic Order, Preacher Loses Two Moves in Criminal Libel Trial, Cross-Examination Faced at Session This Morning
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Betty Boyd probably at the time she divorced Charles Henry Over, Jr., Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Actress Betty Boyd, probably in 1934 when and Charles Henry Over, Jr. were divorced.
Date:: [circa 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actresses Lona Andre, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing, Grace Bradley and actor Baby Le Roy meet with Judge Marshall McComb to obtain contract approvals, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the caption "Infant Star Voices Approval of Judicial Procedure; Judge McComb fixes up papers for young actor who, pencil in hand, awaits chance to sign. Surrounding the pair are, left to right, Lona Andre, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing and Grace Bradley," with the article, "Baby Leroy's Screen Contract Approved, Four Comedy Actresses Also Signed by Studio for Film Jobs," Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1933.
Date:: September 19, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Lois Wright, seated, hand at chin, with wall in background
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jerry Six, grand jury witness, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Jerry six, an investigator who had formerly worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney, was sought to testify before the Grand Jury in the investigation of Edgar Dudley
Date:: September 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Daniel R. Snyder, murder suspect, in court, [Los Angeles?], 1934

Description:: This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, December 20, 1934, Figures in Fatal Shooting. Daniel R. Snyder, accused of slaying studio officer, as he appeared in court. Mrs. Ruby Michel, wounded in Ellinger killing, testifies concerning tragedy.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Viola Lueck, witness in Mary Emma James murder case, on witness stand, Los Anglels, 1935

Description:: Viola Lueck, in hat and patterned dress, on witness stand, with Coroner Frank Montfort on bench at left, three men in jury box at right
Date:: August 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fletcher Bowron, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:: Fletcher Bowron, Superior Court Judge (1926-1938), and mayor of Los Angeles (1938-1953).
Date:: [between 1930-1039]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Description:: Two men, seated, one covering his face with his hand, with about eight people, mostly men, seated behind, with block wall in background
Date:: 1930-1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Law enforcement and/or prosecutorial officials (?) associated with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Six law enforcement and/or prosecutorial officials (?) associated with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case, in an office, behind a desk
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: 2-page handwritten letter, photographed pinned to board, from Fay Sudow, addressed to Fred Allen, 711 Central Bldg., Main and 6th St., Los Angeles, Cal., with 2 envelopes, 1 postmarked Chicago, Ill., Oct 16, 5 PM, 1920, with the logo of Morrison Hotel and Terrace Garden, Chicago, and 1 postmarked Plymouth, Ill., Oct 27, 2 PM, 1920. Fay Sudow's attorney was named Alfred W. Allen, with an office at 485 Central Bldg.
Date:: 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Betty Carrillo with a Police Chief Roy E. Steckel and Deputy Chief James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: This photograph is related to the Los Angeles Times article, "Turkey Shoot Begins Today, Police Offer Yule Birds in Contest," December 17, 1932.
Date:: December 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Photograph of Affidavit of Registration, Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles mayoral candidate, 1932

Description:: Text reads in part: Los Angeles City Precinct No. 55. State of California, County of Los Angeles, SS Affidavit of Registration. Frank L. Shaw, 110 West 59th Place, Supervisor LA Co., 5 feet 6 inches, Republican. I was born in Canada. I acquired citizenship by b. Father's Naturalization. My father's name is (was) John D. Shaw. [signed] Frank L. Shaw, 18th day of January, 1932
Date:: January 18, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Frank S. Forbes, Los Angeles, circa 1919-1927

Description:: Frank S. Forbes was a justice of the peace and a Municipal Judge from 1919 -1927, when he retired from the bench. Prior to his legal career he was a Congregationalist preacher for more than 20 years.
Date:: [circa 1919-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William P. Carr, Deputy Prosecutor, stands next to a still, Los Angeles, 1930-1933

Description:: William P. Carr, Deputy Prosecutor, stands next to a still composed of a metal can, a metal cylindrical container with a gauge on top and a funnel. According to the annotation to the negative sleeve, there is come connection between the still and the Angelus Temple. On the wall behind Carr is a calendar advertising an insurance provider called the Seyler-Day Co.
Date:: [between 1930-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Hazel Boyd at court to obtain a divorce, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Declares Spouse not Home Body; Wife Declares in Divorce Action Husband Deserted Marital Nest Often," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1926.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele and husband Walter Skeele with suspects Luella Pearl Hammer and Earl Van Dorn, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kidnap suspects Earl Van Dorn and Luella Pearl Hammer, Mary Skeele kidnap case, 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. A former student was found guilty of the crime.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dr. Alfred Dinsley, 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

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

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

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: These 2 images are duplicated in uclamss_1429_0080 and uclamss_1429_0081
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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

Still on a table with some connection to the Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1930-1933

Description:: In another photograph, William P. Carr, Deputy Prosecutor, stands next to this still.
Date:: [between 1930-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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