W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers, married three just months, seated together at a court proceeding. Olive Bowers was accused of plotting with Elmer M. Archer to poison her husband. The plot was discovered when their conversations were overheard on a 2-party telephone line.
Unidentified man in court for the murder trial of crossing guard Albert Dyer. Dyer had lured three Inglewood girls into the hills, where he strangled them with rope and his hands. He was eventually found guilty and executed.
Robert H. Scott (right) [probably the one who was a juvenile court judge in Los Angeles 1926-1943], at an officious occasion shaking the hand of another man at a desk with baskets of flowers and with an American flag behind him
An unidentified lawyer approaching Robert S. James as he sits in the witness stand. A map of his home is visible behind him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts, second from right, sits with his defense lawyer Jerry Geisler, second from left, along with his chief deputy Robert P. Stewart, far left, and deputy District Attorney, William Simpson.
Irvin Taplin, seated, and L.E. Lampton, standing, both with right hands raised, with Harry Hunt, standing, looking on, at desk with pens, papers, books, and sign reading TAPLIN
Judge Clarence L. Kincaid, holding an open book and raising his right hand, administering an oath to Judge Edward R. Brand, who also holds up his right hand. A coat and hat on a coat rack are in the background on the right.
John D. Kennedy, 62, appears with Municipal Judge George S. Richardson in relation to charges he attacked Arthur C. Burch. Burch was tried twice and acquitted for the shooting death of John D. Kennedy's son.
A similar photograph appears with the article, "Declares Spouse not Home Body; Wife Declares in Divorce Action Husband Deserted Marital Nest Often," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1926.
Hal Takaoka testifying on the witness stand about the murder of his sister, dancer Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Dr. St. Louis Estes with five uniformed men (probably firefighters), one man in a cowboy hat, and one woman, on a street corner with a fire wagon in the background. Dr. Estes and most of the men have fists raised, elbows out, as if exercising.
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.
![Robert H. Scott, juvenile court judge [probably], 1928](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002ckpvv/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
![Kidnapping victim Mary Skeele walking blindfolded with a group of men [police detectives?], Los Angeles, 1933](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002ckkgq/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
![Judge Irvin Taplin, Deputy District Attorney Harry Hunt, and County Clerk L.E. Lampton, at Taplin's desk, [1929?]](https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fzz002cndj7/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
