Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Kidnappers James Kirk, Larry Kerrigan, and Roy Williams awaiting trial for the kidnapping and ransom of wealthy Beverly Hills business man, William F. Gettle. Gettle was kidnapped from his country home in Arcadia, May 9, 1934. The men pled guilty to kidnapping and received life sentences at San Quentin prison.
Date:: [May 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Elsie sits cross-legged on what looks like the witness stand. She has light blonde hair and wears a dark hat with a wide brim and holds her hands in her lap over a black clutch purse.
Date:: April 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Japanese woman, Ayako Kanda (referred to by Los Angeles Times as both Ayaka and Ayako), with her head slumped in court as she is sentenced to life in prison for her role in the murder of her daughter.
Date:: September 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jerry six, an investigator who had formerly worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney, was sought to testify before the Grand Jury in the investigation of Edgar Dudley
Date:: September 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in "Past Rises to Accuse Suspect in Canyon Murder: Slaying Denied as Net Closes," Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1928: A2. The article suggests that neighbors uncovered a large carton full of baby clothes left at a storage house. Neighbors also "reported that Beitzel admitted wrapping the woman's clothes up in a bundle and sending it to a fictitious address in Phoenix, Ariz."
Date:: [between August-September 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to article, "Feminine Right Told" [Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935
Date:: October 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Viola Lueck, in hat and patterned dress, on witness stand, with Coroner Frank Montfort on bench at left, three men in jury box at right
Date:: August 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jack Kurschke, former Deputy District Attorney, seated in the courtroom during his trial for the double murder of wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of Mrs. Leona Durst, in hat, blouse, jacket, standing next to husband, Mr. Cedric Durst, in collared shirt, tie, and jacket. Leona Durst filed a $27,000 damages suit against Ross Sparks for driving in a negligent manner when he crashed into her while she was waiting for the signal to change at Sunset and La Brea avenue. Cedric Durst, outfielder for the Hollywood baseball club, was also a plaintiff in the suit and asked $10,000 in damages.
Date:: September 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in "Kelly Trial on Tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, 8 May 1927: B12. and "Paul Kelly Will Testify Today in Trial of Dorothy Mackaye," Los Angeles Times, 21 Jun. 1927: A2.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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