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Patrick J. Hurley, former War Secretary, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “BAR UPHOLDS SANCTITY OF HIGH COURT: N.R.A. Decision Stressed Convention Urges Deporting of Alien Criminals and Raps Bureaucracy BAR APPLAUDS SANCTITY OF NATION’S HIGH COURT Independence of Judiciary Called Safeguard of Constitution; Uniform Laws Urged,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jul. 1935: 1.
Date:
July 17, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Patrick J. Hurley, former War Secretary, Los Angeles, 1935

Attorney S.S. Hahn with his client Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Attorney S.S. Hahn seated at table with his client, Lorraine Wiseman. Hahn is looking at a stack of papers. Wiseman is looking at him. This photograph was possibly taken in Hahn's office on September 13, 1926, where Wiseman spoke to the press after being arraigned for issuing checks without funds. Wiseman was a co-defendant in the Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy trial, having admitted that she had falsely claimed to be Miss X, the woman believed to in fact be McPherson who had been with Kenneth G. Ormiston at a Carmel rental cottage.
Date:
September 13, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Attorney S.S. Hahn with his client Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, Los Angeles, 1926

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

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:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Jury members Mae Cushman, Alta McElhany, Georgia May Watson, Irene T. Lindsey, James T. Tickner, James H. Fulcher, Bertha Nesselroad, Gertrude Hadlow, Dr. John P. Buckley, R.S. Martin, William C. Harvey, John G. Freeman, Marco R. Newmark, Christine Foulkes, Samuel Namson, John W. Barter, deputy District Attorney Percy Hammon, Wayne Fisher, Austin E. Cotton, Morris Cadawalader and Harry Ostraff, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The 21 jurors in a jury box.
Date:
February 15, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jury members Mae Cushman, Alta McElhany, Georgia May Watson, Irene T. Lindsey, James T. Tickner, James H. Fulcher, Bertha Nesselroad, Gertrude Hadlow, Dr. John P. Buckley, R.S. Martin, William C. Harvey, John G. Freeman, Marco R. Newmark, Christine Foulkes, Samuel Namson, John W. Barter, deputy District Attorney Percy Hammon, Wayne Fisher, Austin E. Cotton, Morris Cadawalader and Harry Ostraff, Los Angeles, 1934

Investigator Louis F. Maged, Attorney John C. Walsh, and Deputy U.S. Marshall James Lavelle in Los Angeles for Buckner bond case, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
William P. Buckner Jr. and William J. Gillespie were indicted for conspiracy to commit mail fraud by peddling a million dollars’ worth of bonds to film stars. The case was known as the Buckner Bond Case throughout media. Film stars targeted in the scheme included Loretta Young, Miriam Hopkins, Frank Morgan, Bing Crosby, and Cary Grant.
Date:
January 10, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Investigator Louis F. Maged, Attorney John C. Walsh, and Deputy U.S. Marshall James Lavelle in Los Angeles for Buckner bond case, Los Angeles, 1939

Archie Carter and Attorney Stanley Visel at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The newspaper article that this photograph is associated with contains a photograph that is very similar, but is slightly different from this photograph. The caption for the photograph published in the newspaper states, “In a tense moment in a courtroom murder drama, Archie Carter, right, and Attorney Stanley Visel demonstrate from the witness stand how Carter attempted to wrest the gun from the hand of his wife, Gladys, on trial for murder".
Date:
June 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Archie Carter and Attorney Stanley Visel at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

U. S. Attorney S. W. McNabb and Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles, ca. 1926

Description:
From left to right, Samuel W. McNabb and Mabel Walker Willebrandt sit behind a desk as they look over documents. The desk is strewn with paperwork as it stretches back to the right. McNabb sits facing camera, but looks towards the right. Mabel Walker Willebrandt holds a notepad in front of her as she looks towards Samuel McNabb. Behind them, a poster containing a quote from Calvin Coolidge hangs on the office wall.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
U. S. Attorney S. W. McNabb and Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles, ca. 1926

Attorney Volney P. Mooney and Representative Charles Kramer investigating un-American activities, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Attorney Volney P. Mooney (left), the National Commander of the Disabled Veterans of America, and Representative Charles Kramer holding a document and looking at it. They are at an office desk covered with other documents, glasses, and a glasses case. This photograph was probably taken when Kramer, chairman of the subcommittee investigating un-American activities, held executive sessions to interrogate local Los Angeles groups including Nazis, Communists, and Fascists in Room 306 of the Federal Building on August 1, 1934. Mooney assisted him.
Date:
[August 1, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Attorney Volney P. Mooney and Representative Charles Kramer investigating un-American activities, Los Angeles, 1935

Dorothy Frooks tries to get involved in politics, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
When Miss Frooks wrote to the First Lady and asked for her support for candidacy in running for Congress Frooks was met with the response that she 'take no part in local party politics', but not soon after Roosevelt supported Frooks' opponent Carolyn O'Day. She has established the free milk for babies in New York, attorney for the Salvation Army, and is soon releasing a book entitled "Over the Heads of Congress."
Date:
July 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dorothy Frooks tries to get involved in politics, Los Angeles, 1935