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Description:: Mr. Abe Schwarz, Los Angeles tire worker and juror for the "White Flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:: [between January 17-February 16, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mr. Abe Schwarz, Los Angeles tire worker and juror for the "White Flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:: [between January 17-February 16, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A. Bland Carter (left), Assistant Commercial Attache, is greeted by Walter Measday (right), local Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, upon his arrival to Los Angeles.
Date:: July 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A smiling young boy dressed in overalls and a large-brimmed hat balances two pumpkins in the middle of a patch.
Date:: January 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William G. Bonelli (second from left), State Board of Equalization member, and Merle Templeton (far right), Chief Liquor Control Officer, both charged with involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Far left is A. Brigham Rose, attorney for Ed Levine, another alleged member of the pay-off ring, which included at least six members. Second from right is Judge Carlos S. Hardy, who was not the judge for the trial
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: From left to right: A. Calder MacKay, James M. Beck, and Reade H. Ellis. Beck stands as though he is about to deliver a speech.
Date:: July 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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