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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. 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. Calder MacKay, James M. Beck, and Reade H. Ellis at the American Bar Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: From left to right: A. Calder MacKay, James M. Beck, and Reade H. Ellis. Beck stands as though he is about to deliver a speech.
Date:: July 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Accused murderer Frances Mabel Willys with attorneys Torrance C. Welch and Paul Palmer, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Frances M. Willys, common-law wife of Dr. Walter Hammond, has been convicted in his murder. Ms. Willys' claims that she drunkenly acted in self defense by beating him with the hammer. Her attorney Welch took the witness stand to testify on her behalf.
Date:: December 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright being questioned in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by an attorney. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright being questioned in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by his attorney, Jerry Giesler. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright being questioned in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by his attorney, Jerry Giesler. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright being questioned in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by an attorney. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright being questioned in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by his attorney, Jerry Giesler. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:: Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial conferring with an attorney. 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.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Date:: [between January 17-February 18, 1983]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:: Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed conferring with an attorney at his trial. 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.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Date:: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:: Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed conferring with an attorney at his trial. 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.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Date:: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court during his double homicide trial. Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:: Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. 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.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Date:: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by his attorney, Jerry Giesler. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by his attorney, Jerry Giesler. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by his attorney, Jerry Giesler. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, being questioned by an attorney. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderers Libbie and Albert Olson with Leonard Wilson, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Mr. and Mrs. Olson, after having been proven guilty of first-degree murder of their friend, and benefactor, Charles Henry Scull, are to be retried on January 6th.
Date:: December 12, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor George Brent and his attorney A. Ronald Button in Municipal Court, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Lawsuit involved theatrical agent Leo Morrison suing the actor George Brent for unpaid commissions. Morrison lost the case, May 22, 1935.
Date:: May 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Actress Madge Bellamy and Attorney Jack Irwin at court, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: In a pew Mr. Irwin and Miss Bellamy face each other with less than an inch of space between them.
Date:: December 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

A. H. Van Cott and Raymond Turney, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Description:: A. H. Van Cott, left, and Raymond Turney, right, are seated at a desk with books and documents before them. Both are concentrated on a large volume.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee Semple McPherson and David Hutton meet with lawyers Edward A. Adams and Benjamin Lewis and stenographer Ruth Tuttle, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: The estranged McPherson and Hutton meet for inquiry. A strenuous day sent Semple McPherson to her bed.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee Semple McPherson and Ma Kennedy appear in court, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:: A similar photograph is titled, "Panorama of Opposing Forces in Battle Over Angelus Temple Leader," Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 1926: A11
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson and Ma Kennedy sit in court during a preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:: A similar photograph is titled, "When Strain Proved too Much for Mother of Evangelist," Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 1926: A1
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Albert A. Mors and Deputy District Attorney Fricke sit in court during the Kid McCoy case, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:: A similar court scene appears in a photo spread titled, "Woman Captures Burglar Suspect at Point of Revolver," Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 1924: 8
Date:: [circa December 1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Albert Dyer with his lawyer Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer and his lawyer Ellery Cuff at Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defender Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyer Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer and his lawyer Ellery Cuff in court. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defender Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer and his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff at Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defenders Neeley and Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
1937-08-10
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Child-murderer Albert Dyer and his public defenders William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court at Dyer's trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right, Albert Dyer, Neeley, and Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Child-murderer Albert Dyer with his lawyers Ellery Cuff and William Neeley in court. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. He was eventually found guilty and executed. From left to right, Albert Dyer, Ellery Cuff, and William Neeley.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Alexander Armstrong, chairman of the executive committee of National Conference on Uniform Laws, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Alexander Armstrong, Baltimore attorney and chairman of the executive committee of National Conference on Uniform Laws, in Los Angeles during a conference.
Date:: July 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Alexander Pantages talking with his defense attorney, Jerry Giesler during his trial, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Alexander Pantages (left) talking with his defense attorney, Jerry Giesler (right) during his 1929 rape trial where he was accused of raping 17 year old dancer Eunice Alice Pringle. There is a man slightly visible in the background.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Alfred Lundin, business leader, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Lundin is visiting Los Angeles to negotiate business on behalf of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Washington State Industrial Council and a representative of the Industrial Relations Association of Oregon and of the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Date:: September 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

A. L. Scott and Earle Evans at the American bar Association conference, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Bar Upholds Sanctity of High Court," 17 Jul 1935: 1.
Date:: July 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

American Bar Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A man stands and speaks with a notepad and pencil in his hand while several lawyers and others are seated from other states. The tables are separated by state and the name of the state is on the placard.
Date:: July, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Anna Laura Barnett goes to court, accompanied by her lawyer Thomas Cruce and Maxine Sturgess, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Attorney Cruce stands behind a seated Miss Sturgess and Mrs. Barnett resting one of his hands on the back of Miss Sturgess' chair.
Date:: March 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ann Harding with lawyer Roland Rich Woolley at a deposition, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of motion picture actress, Ann Harding, as she gives a deposition in the contest between herself and her former husband, Harry Bannister, over the custody of their daughter. She was represented by her attorney, Roland Rich Woolley.
Date:: Aug 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

A. P. Giannini and A. J. Scampini arrive by train, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: A. J. Scampini, attorney for Bank of America (left), and A. P. Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy which became the Bank of America (right) arrive in Los Angeles by train.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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, Gladys Carter, and Virginia Carter look over some paperwork with Attorney Donald MacKay, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Wife Aids Husband Who Defended Her: Carters Patch Breach After Girl Death Trial,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 1935: A1.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Arthur Veitch questions Dave Allen during the latter's trial, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: At left, Deputy District Attorney Arthur Veitch stands, leaning against a chalkboard and diagram, while questioning Dave Allen. At right, Dave Allen stands up behind the witness box and draws on a chalkboard. Dave Allen and Gloria March were on trial for a morals charge.
Date:: [circa July, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Artist Leo Katz and his attorney James M. Sheridan, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Mooted Mural Removed From School Lobby Wall," Los Angeles Times, 04 Sep 1935: A1.
Date:: September 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Asa C. Call and George I. Cochran, presidents of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: “Civic leader Asa V. Call dies,” Los Angeles Times, 19 Jun. 1978: A5.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Asa V. Call, Director of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: “Civic leader Asa V. Call dies,” Los Angeles Times, 19 Jun. 1978: A5.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Assistant City Attorney Newton Kendall with other city officials deciding parking policies, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears in the article, "Car Tagging to Continue; Court's Decision Held No Bar," Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 1935: A2.
Date:: March 6, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Assistant U.S. Attorney Palmer and Paul A. Herron looking at ledger, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Assistant U.S. Attorney William Fleet Palmer (right) and Paul A. Herron (left) looking at ledger.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney A. Brigham Rose and grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton facing charges of contempt, Los Angeles, December 1937

Description:: Attorney A. Brigham Rose (seated left) and county grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton in the courtroom. Rose and Clinton, along with Clinton's fellow grand jury member Harry L. Ferguson and Rose's legal secretary Pauline Huff were charged with contempt when they allegedly withheld information regarding Clinton's investigation of vice and gambling in Los Angeles county. Superior Judge Wilson dropped the charges, calling them legally insufficient. An attempt to renew the citations of contempt was quickly abandoned when Rose, Clifford, Ferguson, and Huff finally took the stand to testify.
Date:: between November 30 and December 7, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Ames Peterson outside the State Court of Appeal, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Defense Attorney Ames Peterson outside the Division Two of the Second District of the State Court of Appeal. He was representing Appellate Justice Gavin Craig, accused of conspiracy to bribe the U.S. Attorney in the Italo Petroleum Corporation mail fraud case.
Date:: February 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney and convicted tax evader Williamson S. Summers, 1934

Description:: This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, March 13, 1934, Attorney Given Sentence Stay
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney and land-grant fraud suspect Williamson S. Summers and two other men, [1932?]

Description:: Williamson S. Summers, hand partly raised, photographed from low angle, with two other men in background
Date:: [1932?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Arthur L. Veitch testifying, 1929

Description:: Deputy District Attorney Arthur Veitch in the witness stand.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Buron Fitts with big smile, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts gives a big smile for a portrait.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Edward E. Wiley plays cards on a train on his way to prison, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph (cropped) appears with the article, "Wiley Off For Prison; Prisoner Under Heavy Guard; Man Convicted of Deal in Stolen Liberty Bonds Considered Dangerous," Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 1935: A1.
Date:: April 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Frank L. Stearns defends his client Matilda Johnson, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Portion of photograph appears with the article, "Wife Held in Stabbing," Los Angeles Times, 06 Sep 1935: 2.
Date:: September 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Frank Ryan and murder suspect Nellie Madison in court, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Nellie Madison, right, and one of her attorneys, Frank Ryan, left.
Date:: March 29, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney George Penney with his convicted client Elliot B. Thomas, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Thomas and Penney stand in the courtroom with their hands behind their backs.
Date:: November 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney George Stahlman, photographed with parrot.

Description:: Los Angeles attorney George Stahlman in a posed portrait, next to a parrot in a cage.
Date:: 1934?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler at the trial where his client Dr. George K. Dazey is accused of the murder of his second wife, Doris S. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1939-1940

Description:: Attorney Jerry Giesler, at the trial in which his client Dr. Dazey is accused of murdering his second wife, actress Doris S. Dazey, in 1935. Doris Dazey's death was originally believed to be suicide by monoxide poisoning. However, witnesses claimed that Dr. Dazey had been boasting about committing the "perfect crime" and a night watchman testified to witnessing Dazey carry a woman's body from the house to the garage on the night of the murder. Other factors complicating the trial were the paternity of Doris and George Dazey's child, Doris Dazey's possible mental illness, and false testimonies from some of the witnesses. Dr. Dazey was ultimately acquitted of the crime.
Date:: between December 3, 1939 and March 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, and attorney Milton Cohen, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, and attorney Milton Cohen, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [circa December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people. Giesler was Berkeley’s lawyer.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, reading in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, reading in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John C. Packard in the courtroom, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: John C. Packard, well-known attorney for liberals and C.I.O. labor organizations, in the courtroom
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney John W. Hart, Los Angeles

Date:: [between 1920/1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Leonard S. Janofsky smiles for the camera, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Attorney Leonard S. Janofsky smiles for the camera as he flips through documents on his desk. A calendar and electronic wires can be seen on an otherwise blank wall behind him. Janofsky wears a suit and tie. Janofsky passed the state bar exam in 1935 and became an influential lawyer. Notably he co-founded the firm, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; possessed leadership roles in the highest ranking bar associations in the country; attempted to cut down attorney incompetance in the profession; and worked to increase legal assistance to the working-class and laborers.
Date:: October 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Marshall Stimson in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A different photograph likely taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Street Bond Fee Beaten," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan 1936: A1.
Date:: January, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Milton Cohen and director Busby Berkeley, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Jerry Giesler, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people. Cohen and Giesler were Berkeley’s lawyers.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Stanley Barnes at opening of civil suit against Berkeley, December 26, 1935

Description:: Opening day of civil trial arising from a traffic crash in 1935 caused by Berkeley that killed three people. Cohen and Barnes were Berkeley’s lawyers. Berkeley settled the civil suites several days later but faced several criminal trials that ended in deadlocked juries.
Date:: [December 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Olin Wellborn III waiting to testify before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Attorney Olin Wellborn III, seated on a bench in a hallway, waiting to testify before the Grand Jury about an investigation into allegations of bribery in the Los Angeles City Attorney election.
Date:: May 3, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Paul Tapley, 1932

Description:: Paul Tapley, in suit, tie, and hat, with cigarette, hand in coat pocket, standing near marble wall
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Richard Cantillon in witness room during William Edward Hickman's murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Date:: [circa January, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney R. M. Trezevant reading a piece of paper with Carl and Ruby Crockett, Los Angeles

Description:: Attorney R.M. Trezevant (center) reading a piece of paper with Carl and Ruby Crockett.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney R. M. Trezevant reading a piece of paper with Carl and Ruby Crockett, Los Angeles

Description:: Attorney R.M. Trezevant (center) reading a piece of paper with Carl and Ruby Crockett
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Robert H. Davis and Kenn Touschner, accidental shooter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Attorney Robert H. Davis sits on the left side of the table, leaning forward, arms resting on the table in front of him, hands clasped together. He is looking away from the camera. Kenneth Touschner, who accidentally shot his friend Cleo L. Haskins, Jr., sits on the right, resting his chin in his hands, elbows on the table. His eyes are downcast.
Date:: [between December 14-18, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Ross F. Wilkins at a hearing concerning his fist fight with Deputy Sheriff J. A. Dixon, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Attorney Ross F. Wilkins preparing to testify at a hearing concerning his fist fight with Deputy Sheriff J. A. Dixon during a jury selection session for the William Bonelli liquor license bribe trial. The fight started when Dixon told Wilkins he could not ride down in the elevator with the newly selected jury. Wilkins resisted and started punching Dixon when Dixon went to physically remove Wilkins from the elevator. Wilkins, who was uninvolved with the trial, claimed that he resisted because Dixon was in plain clothes and he didn't realize that he was an officer. Wilkins and Dixon appeared friendly during the hearing.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorneys Arthur Veitch and Jerry Giesler on the stand with Jack Allen, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Lawyers Harold Lee "Jerry" Giesler and Arthur Veitch on a courtroom stand with Jack Allen. Jerry Giesler was a criminal defense lawyer and the first president of the Criminal Courts Bar Association. Arthur Veitch was a district attorney.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorneys Dixwell L. Pierce and Eugene Williams sit in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Attorneys Dixwell L. Pierce and Eugene Williams sit in a courtroom. Pierce was the secretary of the Equalization Board and an attorney.
Date:: February 18, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorneys Frank B. Belcher and George Stahlman, prepare for the Los Angeles Bar Association’s historical pageant, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Birth of Nation’s Constitution Depicted in Pageant by Los Angeles Bar: Lawyers Enact Roles Patriotic Pageant,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1935: 6.
Date:: July 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorneys, including William Beirne, and others in a courtroom, Los Angeles

Description:: Photograph of William Beirne (left) and others seated at a long table and standing behind the table in a Los Angeles courtroom. One of the attorneys is William Beirne. Additional people are seated in the courtroom in the background.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorneys J. G. Porter and Ellery Cuff stand with Leroy Drake as he receives a life sentence, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Young Poison Slayer Escapes Gallows: DRAKE GIVEN LIFE TERM Youth Insisting He Slew Relatives to prevent Grief Escapes Gallows,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 1935: 3.
Date:: December 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorneys Otto Christensen and Alfred MacDonald during an investigation of the feud between former law partners Col. William H. Neblett and Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Attorneys Otto Christensen and Alfred MacDonald during an investigation of the feud between former law partners Col. William H. Neblett and Senator William Gibbs McAdoo
Date:: March 24, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg. Gregg who was known as "Big Bill" was shot by Patrolman W.H. Redding, and his death created an uproar amongst longshoremen. Traffic was blocked by demonstrations, and a shrine was constructed around the scene of the shooting.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Theodore Rosenthal and his new bride Evelyn Rosenthal in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Attorney Theodore Rosenthal and his new bride Evelyn Rosenthal in courtroom. They both sit at a table and there is a notepad in front of Mr. Rosenthal. In the background there is a water cooler. Mrs. Rosenthal wears a hat and a flower on her lapel.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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 William Mosely Jones walking with briefcase, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Attorney William Mosely Jones walking with briefcase followed by older man.
Date:: July 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attys. John R. Snively and Stanley B. Houck at the American Bar Association convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: John R. Snively, left, and Stanley B. Houck, right, at the American Bar Association convention.
Date:: July 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attys. Leonard Wilson and Charles Rude with convicted murderer Louis R. Payne and his father Lucius Payne, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Description:: In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station. In January, 1935 he plead insanity and was sent to a sanitarium.
Date:: [between June, 1934 and January, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Benjamin Wham speaking at the American Bar Association annual convention, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to the article, "Bar meeting of 3000 to OPEN TODAY: Many Notables Arrive Nation's..." Los Angeles Times, 1935 Jul. 15: 1.
Date:: July 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Berthal Gregory and her brother, District Attorney Buron Fitts, probably during their perjury trial, with her mother, husband, Los Angeles, 1928-1939

Description:: From left to right, district attorney Buron Fitts, his brother-in-law George Gregory, his mother Ardell Fitts, and his sister Berthel Gregory, possibly during the siblings' perjury trial.
Date:: [between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Betsey Cushing Roosevelt and attorney Basil O'Connor, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940

Description:: Betsey Cushing Roosevelt and attorney Basil O'Connor surrounded by photographers after Mrs. Roosevelt arrived in Los Angeles for her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Roosevelts were married for ten years before they separated and Mrs. Roosevelt moved from Los Angeles back to New York, taking the couple's two daughters. James Roosevelt was the first to file for divorce, citing desertion against his wife
Date:: February 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Betsey Cushing Roosevelt and attorney Basil O'Connor speaking with reporters, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940

Description:: Betsey Cushing Roosevelt and attorney Basil O'Connor (second from right) speaking to reporters after Mrs. Roosevelt arrived in Los Angeles for her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Roosevelts were married for ten years before they separated and Mrs. Roosevelt moved from Los Angeles back to New York, taking the couple's two daughters. James Roosevelt was the first to file for divorce, citing desertion against his wife
Date:: February 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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