Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Names: Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958 / Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: District attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear with their attorneys Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler to contend the charges of perjury brought against them by the grand jury. From left to right, standing, Buron Fitts, Joseph Scott, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, and Jerry Giesler.
Date:: [circa November 2, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister-secretary Berthal Gregory sit with their attorneys, Joseph Scott and Donald McKay, during their grand jury trial for perjury.
Date:: November 2, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts(rear left) and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory(rear middle) appear with their attorneys (front, left to right) Roland Swaffield, Walter K. Tuller, Joseph Scott, Jerry Giesler, and Jack Gilchrist(rear right) to contend with perjury charges made against them by the grand jury.
Date:: [circa November 2, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear in a crowded courtroom with Mrs. Marion Fitts and their attorneys Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler. Seated left to right is Buron Fitts, Mrs. Marion Fitts, and Berthal Gregory. Standing in the back, left to right, is Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler.
Date:: [circa November 2, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear in a crowded courtroom with his wife Marion Fitts and their attorneys. Seated, left to right, is Buron Fitts, Mrs. Marion Fitts, and Mrs. Berthal Gregory. Standing in the back, left to right, is Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, Roland Swaffield, Harold Judson, and Jack Gilchrist.
Date:: [circa November 2, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: (left to right) Attorney Joseph Scott, Angelus Temple business manager Giles Knight, Angelus Temple founder and pastor Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson, son of Aimee. All are at a trial in which Aimee's daughter Roberta Semple has brought a $150,000 slander suit against Willedd Andrews, attorney for Aimmee McPherson and Angelus Temple. Miss Semple claims that Andrews had made untrue statements about her, including that Semple and her husband Jacob Moidel (former Temple attorney) had kidnapped Aimee and forced her to sign several documents. Joseph Scott acted as attorney for Andrews while Rolf and Aimee McPherson stood as witnesses. Roberta Semple was ultimately offered $2000 in damages. This trial was the latest in a series of tumultuous family relations which began with Aimee's decision to retain Giles Knight as business manager against Roberta's wishes
Date:: between April 12 and April 23, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Buron Fitts and his legal team at his perjury trial. From left to right, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Fitts, Jerry Giesler.
Date:: January 20, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Buron Fitts Trial Opens on Charge of Perjury," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1936: 2.
Date:: January 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Buron Fitts and his legal team. From left to right: Fitts, William Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler.
Date:: January 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Judge Lashes Grand Jury; Ends Fitts Sister's Case," Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1936: A1.
Date:: February 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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