William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at 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 reportedly falsified 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:
- February 7, 1936
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Collection:
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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