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Description:: Rodney Pantages seatee at the trial of his mother, Lois Pantages, who was convicted of manslaughter for the death of Juro Rokumoto in an automoblile crash.
Date:: circa September 11, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Nita Cavalier's Ties Annulled," Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec 1931: A12.
Date:: December 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Film actor Duncan Renaldo is arrested on charges of child abandonment of his nine-year-old son Renaldo Jr., who lives with his mother and Renaldo's ex-wife Susette.
Date:: March 17, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Russell Beitzel, charged with the murder of his common-law wife, in court during his trial. Beitzel's attorney, Vernon R. Hamilton, who was later dismissed and sentenced to jail for contempt of court, stands behind Beitzel with his hand on his shoulder and leans down to say something to Beitzel. Photo (cropped) appears with the article, "BEITZEL OUSTS HIS ATTORNEY: Lawyer Also Sent to Jail on Contempt Charge Tardiness Arouses Judge to Take Action Counsel Under Observation; New Adviser Named," Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 1928: A2.
Date:: September 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 16-year-old Rosa Kiralla told the court that Lee R. Carr, father of her baby born last December, assaulted her in her home on multiple times, and after the baby was born with the help of Kiralla's mother and Carr's wife Mrs. Sarah Carr, Mr. Carr took the baby on the assertion that the baby was dead and the body needed to be disposed of.
Date:: August 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Families of the W.P.A. members slain and witnesses crowded in the courtroom to listen to the inquest of Charles Layman, former W.P.A. employee, who shot and killed six workmen at a site near La Brea Avenue and Exposition Boulevard.
Date:: December 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Leo Patrick Kelley stands in the center with who may be Myrtle Mellus' two brothers, Clark B. Lewis and George M. Lewis. The two brothers are at the courthouse with Kelley for possibly the signing of a petition for consideration of Kelley for parole. The three men stand shoulder to shoulder while Kelley smiles at the camera. Possibly related to the article, "PLEA MADE FOR PAROLE OF KELLEY: Brothers and Mother of Mrs. Mellus Sign Petition Sent to Prison Board," Los Angeles Times, 01 Feb. 1930: 16.
Date:: [November 1929?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Arthur Stoll testifies as the judge and jury watch him during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelley, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Unidentified man on the witness stand during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelley, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. The man rests his left arm on the ledge next to him as he looks ahead to the right. An article of clothing and rolled up photo, possibly key evidence in the murder case, is placed on the ledge in front of the man.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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