Photograph of Roy Porter, principal of Henry Dana Junior High School (San Pedro), testifying in Municipal Court. Porter, the Los Angeles School District, and the Board of Education were being sued by Hubert Harvey, father of Clifford Harvey (age 15), for damages incurred during a fight that Porter supervised.
This photograph is possibly related to the articles, “SUIT ECHOES BOYS’ FIGHT: Father Blames School Head Parent Seeks $2023 Over Son’s Hurt in Supervised Battle Between Pair SUIT FOLLOWS YOUTHS’ FIGHT,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 1935: A1, and “SCHOOL MAN HELD GUILTY: San Pedro Principal Who Refereed Boy’s Fight Must Pay Doctor’s Bill,” Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1935: A2.
