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Family members of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers, Los Angeles, 1940

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Family of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers. Marilyn was shot by 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, while she was playing on a hill with her little brother and other children. Rogers shot at the children from the upstairs window of his home. However, Rogers insisted that he was trying to shoot doves he had seen on the hillside.
Date:
February 15, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Family members of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers, Los Angeles, 1940

Family members of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Family of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers. Marilyn was shot by 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, while she was playing on a hill with her little brother and other children. Rogers shot at the children from the upstairs window of his home. However, Rogers insisted that he was trying to shoot doves he had seen on the hillside.
Date:
February 15, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Family members of murder victim Marilyn Bunker sit in court during the trial of the accused murderer Donald Rogers, Los Angeles, 1940

Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Film extras from Gower Gulch supporting Jerome (Blackjack) Ward at hearing on the murder of Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Description:
Extras from Gower Gulch at an inquest supporting their friend Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, who is charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke. Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Allegedly, Blackjack shot Tyke with a .45, but many of the hundreds of Gower Gulch extras who came to the inquest testified that Tyke had started the fight and was “doped up” at the time.
Date:
February 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Film extras from Gower Gulch supporting Jerome (Blackjack) Ward at hearing on the murder of Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Former boxer Kid McCoy, with Judge A. A. Scott, in court to claim $105 that the authorities confiscated from his person 13 years ago when he was arrested for murder, Los Angeles, December 23, 1937

Description:
Former boxer and middleweight champion of the world, Norman (Kid McCoy) Selby (standing left) and Judge A. A. Scott (seated right). Selby was in court to claim $105 that was taken from him by the authorities to use as evidence when he was arrested for murder 13 years ago. At that time (1924), Selby was charged with the murder of his sweetheart, Mrs. Theresa W. Moers. Selby served time in San Quentin before making parole in 1932. Selby was given back his $105 (all in large, old-style bills) minus a 10 cent county tax. He planned to use the money for some last minute Christmas shopping.
Date:
December 23, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former boxer Kid McCoy, with Judge A. A. Scott, in court to claim $105 that the authorities confiscated from his person 13 years ago when he was arrested for murder, Los Angeles, December 23, 1937

Former Ku Klux Klan Kleagle, Ray J. Schneider, in Klan robes at trial, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Former Ku Klux Klan Kleagle, Ray J. Schneider, in Klan robes at a trial in which the court was attempting to preemptively disrupt the reformation of the Klan and ultimately outlawed it in California. Schneider testified, along with other former officials, that he had had no involvement with the Klan since the war.
Date:
between April and May, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former Ku Klux Klan Kleagle, Ray J. Schneider, in Klan robes at trial, Los Angeles, 1946

Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Claude Parker, former Racing Commissioner, smoking a cigarette and preparing to testify during an investigation of political corruption in the horse racing community. Parker announced that he resigned from his position as commissioner when he found out Hollywood Park was promised winter racing dates after making a $150,000 donation to the Democratic State Central Committee
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Frank Bincia in the back of a police car after being arrested due to an altercation with John Sullivan, Los Angeles, August 6, 1946

Description:
Frank Bincia, 29, in the back of a police car after being arrested in front of Pacific Press, Inc. because of an altercation with John Sullivan. Sullivan was picketing and Bincia was not, Sullivan claimed that Bincia assaulted him and Bincia asserted that Sullivan had called him "vile names"
Date:
August 6, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Frank Bincia in the back of a police car after being arrested due to an altercation with John Sullivan, Los Angeles, August 6, 1946

Grand jury debating the case of Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen, who is accused of violating the state gasoline tax law, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

Description:
The grand jury during a case against Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen. Allen, along with three others originally, was accused of evading the state gasoline tax by insisting that gas had been exported out of state, when it was really sold to local retailers. The case was eventually dismissed
Date:
between December 4, 1929 and March 6, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Grand jury debating the case of Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen, who is accused of violating the state gasoline tax law, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

Grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton and Attorney A. Brigham Rose facing charges of contempt, Los Angeles, December 1937

Description:
County grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton (far left) and Attorney A. Brigham Rose (middle) in the courtroom. Rose and Clinton, along with Clinton's fellow grand jury member Harry L. Ferguson and Rose's legal secretary Pauline Huff were charged with contempt when they allegedly withheld information regarding Clinton's investigation of vice and gambling in Los Angeles county. Superior Judge Wilson dropped the charges, calling them legally insufficient. An attempt to renew the citations of contempt was quickly abandoned when Rose, Clifford, Ferguson, and Huff finally took the stand to testify. Rose and Clinton were again together in the courtroom when private detective Harry Raymond was the victim of a car bomb. Raymond had been doing work for Rose and Clinton concerning a bankruptcy hearing.
Date:
[between November 30 and December 7, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton and Attorney A. Brigham Rose facing charges of contempt, Los Angeles, December 1937

Grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton in the courtroom where he is charged with contempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Grand Jury member Clifford E. Clinton in the courtroom where he is charged with contempt for refusing to reveal the source of his information in a vice and gambling investigation. Three others, including attorney A. Brigham Rose, grand jury member Harry L. Ferguson, and Rose's legal secretary Pauline Huff were also charged. Superior Judge Wilson dropped the charges, calling them legally insufficient. An attempt to renew the citations of contempt was quickly abandoned when Rose, Clifford, Ferguson, and Huff finally took the stand to testify
Date:
between November 2 and December 7, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton in the courtroom where he is charged with contempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton who is charged with contempt for withholding information about his sources in a vice and gambling investigation, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Grand Jury member Clifford E. Clinton, who is charged with contempt for refusing to reveal the source of his information in a vice and gambling investigation. Three others, including attorney A. Brigham Rose, grand jury member Harry L. Ferguson, and Rose's legal secretary Pauline Huff were also charged. Superior Judge Wilson dropped the charges, calling them legally insufficient. An attempt to renew the citations of contempt was quickly abandoned when Rose, Clifford, Ferguson, and Huff finally took the stand to testify
Date:
between November 2 and December 7, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Grand jury member Clifford E. Clinton who is charged with contempt for withholding information about his sources in a vice and gambling investigation, Los Angeles, 1937

Group of defendants and attorneys at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
From left to right: Ed Levine, A. Brigham Rose, Richard H. Sampson, Donald MacKay, William G. Bonelli, Merle Templeton, William J. Cook, and unknown (possibly last name O'Brien) at the liquor license bribe trial. Levine, a lobbyist, Bonelli, member of the state board of equalization, Templeton, chief liquor control officer, and Cook, friend and campaign worker for Bonelli are all accused of 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. Rose is the attorney for Levine, Sampson is representation for Templeton, and MacKay is council for Bonelli.
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Group of defendants and attorneys at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Group of unknown women pictured at the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey, accused of murdering his wife, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
A group of unknown women pictured at the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey who was accused of murdering his wife. They may be witnesses or members of the jury. Mrs. Dazey was found dead as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning and her death was originally ruled a suicide. However, Dr. Dazey was later indicted by a county grand jury for the murder of his wife. Dr. Dazey was eventually acquitted of the charge of slaying his wife.
Date:
February 14, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Group of unknown women pictured at the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey, accused of murdering his wife, Los Angeles, 1940

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, 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.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Harlan Bunker, father of murder victim Marilyn Bunker, provides witness testimony in court, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Harlan Bunker, father of murder victim Marilyn Bunker, provides witness testimony in court. Marilyn was shot by 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, while she was playing on a hill with her little brother and other children. Rogers shot at the children from the upstairs window of his home. However, Rogers insisted that he was trying to shoot doves he had seen on the hillside.
Date:
February 15, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Harlan Bunker, father of murder victim Marilyn Bunker, provides witness testimony in court, Los Angeles, 1940

Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal. The couple convinced numerous community theaters to use their 14-year-old daughter Blanche, known as Goldilocks, to pull the winning ticket in the bank night lottery. Goldilocks would palm a fake ticket and the winner would be one of the Hubler's accomplices, Alexander Szymanski or Roy Keown. The defendants admitted to winning thousands of dollars through the scandal.
Date:
between December 24 and 27, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal. The couple convinced numerous community theaters to use their 14-year-old daughter Blanche, known as Goldilocks, to pull the winning ticket in the bank night lottery. Goldilocks would palm a fake ticket and the winner would be one of the Hubler's accomplices, Alexander Szymanski or Roy Keown. The defendants admitted to winning thousands of dollars through the scandal.
Date:
between December 24 and 27, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal. The couple convinced numerous community theaters to use their 14-year-old daughter Blanche, known as Goldilocks, to pull the winning ticket in the bank night lottery. Goldilocks would palm a fake ticket and the winner would be one of the Hubler's accomplices, Alexander Szymanski or Roy Keown. The defendants admitted to winning thousands of dollars through the scandal.
Date:
between December 24 and 27, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Herman E. Hubler and his wife Anna L. Hubler, who are accused of involvement in a theater bank night fraud scandal, Los Angeles, 1935

John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Case investigating officers Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst are in the background. Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

John Frank Reavis, trombone player and candy salesman, on trial for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, May 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, at his trial for the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Reavis confessed to the murder but said that he was in a blind rage when he did it and didn’t know what he was doing. Reavis received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
May 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John Frank Reavis, trombone player and candy salesman, on trial for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, May 1940

Joseph Scott, Giles Knight, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson at a slander trial, Los Angeles, April 1937

Description:
(left to right) Attorney Joseph Scott, Angelus Temple business manager Giles Knight, Angelus Temple founder and pastor Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson, son of Aimee. All are at a trial in which Aimee's daughter Roberta Semple has brought a $150,000 slander suit against Willedd Andrews, attorney for Aimmee McPherson and Angelus Temple. Miss Semple claims that Andrews had made untrue statements about her, including that Semple and her husband Jacob Moidel (former Temple attorney) had kidnapped Aimee and forced her to sign several documents. Joseph Scott acted as attorney for Andrews while Rolf and Aimee McPherson stood as witnesses. Roberta Semple was ultimately offered $2000 in damages. This trial was the latest in a series of tumultuous family relations which began with Aimee's decision to retain Giles Knight as business manager against Roberta's wishes
Date:
between April 12 and April 23, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Joseph Scott, Giles Knight, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson at a slander trial, Los Angeles, April 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Jackson Collins, Beatrice Hard and Charles M. Traux 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. From left to right, Beatrice Hard, Jackson Collins, and Charles M. Truax.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Dorothy Deel and Winifred W. Howard 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. From left to right is Dorothy Deel and Winifred W. Howard, and an unidentified man to the extreme right.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Dorothy Deel, Winifred W. Howard, and Beatrice Hard 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. Dorothy Deel is in the foreground, from left to right in the background is Winifred W. Howard and Beatrice Hard.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Jackson Collins, Grace A. Calvert, and Charles M. Traux 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. From left to right, Jackson Collins, Charles M. Truax, and Grace A. Calvert.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors George Ritchie, Ruth Roth and James D. Kelley 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. George Ritchie is in the foreground while Ruth Roth and James D. Kelley are in the background.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Dorothy Deel, Jackson Collins, Winifred W. Howard, Beatrice Hard, and Charles M. Truax 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. In the front from left to right, Dorothy Deel and Jackson Collins. In the back, Winifred W. Howard, Beatrice Hard, and Charles M. Truax.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Grace A. Calvert, Harold Harby, and Shirley Angranoff 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. From left to right, Grace A. Calvert, Shirley Angranoff, and Harold Harby.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jury convenes to discuss dance director Busby Berkeley's vehicular murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The jury for the murder case against Busby Berkeley convenes to debate the issues. Berkeley was purportedly at fault for a three-car-collision that resulted in two deaths, possibly because of alcohol he had imbibed at a cocktail party beforehand. To the far right is J.H. Silverstone, presumably the jury foreman.
Date:
[circa December 11, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury convenes to discuss dance director Busby Berkeley's vehicular murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Jury for the trial of Albert Dyer, confessed murderer of three Inglewood girls, Los Angeles, August 1937

Description:
Front row left to right: Mrs. Dorothy Deel, Jackson Collins, Mrs. Grace A. Calvert, Harold Harby, George Ritchie, and Ben Fulton. Back row left to right: Mrs. Winifred W. Howard, Mrs. Beatrice Hard, Charles M. Truax, Mrs. Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw (who replaced Mrs. Ruth Roth), and Jury Foreman James D. Kelly. The jury for the trial of Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:
between August 25 and 27, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury for the trial of Albert Dyer, confessed murderer of three Inglewood girls, Los Angeles, August 1937

Jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne. The captain and his officers were charged with the bombing of the car of private investigator Harry Raymond. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling.
Date:
[circa April 20, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, Los Angeles, 1938