Names: Graves, Sidney T. (Sidney Thomas), 1882-1958 / Subject: Bribery--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.In this photograph, Graves shakes hands with Jack Cappell, the County Jail turnkey, bidding him goodbye. Cappell was a driver for the Board of Supervisors during the time Graves held office.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he exits the Los Angeles County Jail on his way to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves, covering his face with a newspaper as he is transferred from L.A. County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Photograph of a cashier's check application for the Crocker First National Bank, used as evidence used against Sidney T. Graves during his trial for bribery.
Date:: [between Feb. 1933 - Mar. 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Sidney T. Graves was a member of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors who was indicted for bribery and sentenced to one to fourteen years in prison. As reported in the Los Angeles Times, Apr. 6, 1933: A1.
Date:: [between Jan. 1933 - Apr. 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Defense attorney Jerry Giesler is seen with his client Sidney T. Graves in court.
Date:: [between Jan. 1933 - Apr. 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of a safe deposit box rental application from the Citizens National Bank Trust and Savings of Los Angeles, used as evidence introduced in court on March 17, 1933, Los Angeles Times, Mar. 17, 1993: A6.
Date:: March 17, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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