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Description:: Photograph of a women being questioned during the coroner's inquest into the shooting murder of Harry Meagher. The woman could be his wife, Fern Meagher, or the friend he had been visiting just before hi murder, Velva Nalley. Three men can be seen sitting in the jury box on the right, a man stands beside the bench of the coroner, and a man is seated at a table in front of the bench.
Date:: [January 20, 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William and the late Rosa Spinelli's children emotionally testified in the charge that their father murdered their mother with an ax.
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of (l to r): Assistant Jailer Roy Bogle, Jailer Frank Dewar, Deputy Sheriff Claude Peters, William Edward Hickman at center, facing Undersheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz. The two remaining men in the background are unidentified.
Date:: [1927-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Hickman's trial began January 25, 1928 and lasted 13 days. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: [January 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Carrie Kelly with her arm around her son, Wendell Kelly, seated on a wooden bench. Wendell was convicted of participating in the murder of Robert R. Rinker, a chauffeur. He was captured by the police with accomplice Otis Bias, both from Oklahoma.
Date:: February 28, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: George L. Hunt's testimony is noted in the article, "Hickman-Hunt Trial Resumes: Officer on Stand Again Today in Toms-Killing Case," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1928: A2.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Hickman Trial Forces Line Up," Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 1928: A1.
Date:: January 5, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Overell was likely a spectator at the trial of William Edward Hickman, tried for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. Hickman’s trial began January 25 and ended less than two weeks later. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article, "Wife Slayer Taken to Court," Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec 1938: 2.
Date:: December 23, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Wallace, Gordon Charles, 1909-1992
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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