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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

Attorneys Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, William J. Clark and Robert P. Stewart during the Asa Keyes bribery trial, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
From left, district attorneys Buron Fitts and William Simpson, special prosecutor William J. Clark (standing) and district attorney Robert P. Stewart in a courtroom during the trial of former attorney Asa Keyes, charged with accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation. The courtroom appears to be relatively empty, with only five other people near the public gallery in the courtroom.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Attorneys Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, William J. Clark and Robert P. Stewart during the Asa Keyes bribery trial, Los Angeles, circa 1928

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

Attorney A. L. Wirin with Rena Frye and her sons, Ronald and Marquette at Los Angeles courthouse, 1965

Description:
The incident that is credited to starting the 1965 Watts Riot involved Marquette and Ronald Frye who on August 11, 1965 were stopped by a police officer for erratic driving. While being questioned their mother, Rena arrived. At some point an altercation between the police and the three family members ensued which led to the arrest of all three. A crowd that had gathered and were angered by the treatment of the family began throwing bottles at the police.
Date:
September 3, 1965
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Attorney A. L. Wirin with Rena Frye and her sons, Ronald and Marquette at Los Angeles courthouse, 1965

Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
A court session was held in Good Samaritan Hospital at the bedside of Golda Draper, the waitress who was shot through her back at a café on West Jefferson Street by attorney Donald A. Rothrock, who fired on the waitress because of a perceived slight in service he had received two days prior to the shooting.
Date:
September 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Leroy Dawson and Newton Kendall show color-blind test to Doris Chapman, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Judge Leroy Dawson and attorney Newton Kendall show Doris Chapman a color-blind test. The judge and Kendall are both standing as they hold out the color chart to a sitting Chapman. Both men wear suits and ties, while the young woman wears a dress or skirt with a knit blouse. Judge Dawson has spectacles on. The title of the chart reads: Are You Color Blind? This Will Tell You
Date:
October 21, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Leroy Dawson and Newton Kendall show color-blind test to Doris Chapman, Los Angeles, 1935

Judge Alfred Paonessa and Randolph Kerr watch Lloyd Federmeyer show his skills on a marble game, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Description:
A jury is left to determine whether or not James Martin's marble game at his store on Spring street is in violation of gambling laws. The fate of 1500 marble games in Los Angeles rest in their decision. Lloyd Federmeyer played the game in front of the court to show that skill and not chance affects the marble games and Federmeyer performed several spectacular stunts.
Date:
circa 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Judge Alfred Paonessa and Randolph Kerr watch Lloyd Federmeyer show his skills on a marble game, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Lawyer Elisha Hanson holds phone to ear, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Lawyer Elisha Hanson sits on a lounge chair holding a phone to his ear. He wears a three-piece suit with a handkerchief. Hanson represented the American Newspaper Publishers' Association (now part of the Newspaper Association of America) in their conflict with the federal government over the control of the press. According to this article, the government sought to wrest control away from the publishers through increased regulations.
Date:
October 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lawyer Elisha Hanson holds phone to ear, Los Angeles, 1935

Former Julian Petroleum secretary Leontine Johnson and attorney William B. Beirne exit a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1928-1932

Description:
Leontine Johnson (right) was a former confidential secretary of one of the heads of Julian Petroleum, S. C. Lewis. She and newspaper reporter Morris Lavine were tried and found guilty of an extortion scheme wherein Lavine accepted a sum from politician Charles Crawford to keep certain "secrets" quiet. These alleged "secrets" were contained in documentation regarding the manipulations of stocks and sales of the Julian Petroleum Corporation. These events are reported in multiple articles, including "Two in Expose 'Plot' Indicted: Extortion Charged Reporter and ex-Lewis Aide," Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1930. Johnson and Lavine's trial ran from 1928-1932.
Date:
[between 1928-1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Former Julian Petroleum secretary Leontine Johnson and attorney William B. Beirne exit a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1928-1932

Ex-Judge Guy F. Bush and wife Leila LeGrand with attorneys Hahn, Holbrook and Bole at Hahn's office, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of ex-Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush with soon-to-be ex-wife, Leila Hewitt LeGrand and attorneys S. S. Hahn holding phone (her counsel), and C. W. Holbrook and Harry Bole (his counsel). The couple met in an unsuccessful attempt to settle marital difficulties at atty. Hahn's office.
Date:
May 20, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ex-Judge Guy F. Bush and wife Leila LeGrand with attorneys Hahn, Holbrook and Bole at Hahn's office, Los Angeles, 1935