Names: Julian Petroleum Corporation - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph appears with the article "The Last Days of C. C. Julian," Los Angeles Times, 29 Sept. 1935, as the first installment of a two part story. Second installment printed 6 Oct. 1935.
Date:: [betweed December 1933-March 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: C. C. (Courtney Chauncey) Julian seated in the witness stand in a courtroom; the judge's chair is empty.
Date:: [between 1926-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Inspection committee sent to examine the properties and assets of Courtney Chauncey Julian.
Date:: February 14, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Letter from Arthur Loeb to a Mr. Sanders, concerning the Julian Petroleum company and their stockholders.
Date:: [between 1929-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Another court document for a C. C. Julian case has a caption identifying it as an exhibit in a case in Judge Doran's court (image ark no. 21198/zz002cv8xp). Proceedings against C. C. Julian in Judge Doran's court are reported in the Los Angeles Times from 1926 through 1928.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Leontine Johnson (right) was a former confidential secretary of one of the heads of Julian Petroleum, S. C. Lewis. She and newspaper reporter Morris Lavine were tried and found guilty of an extortion scheme wherein Lavine accepted a sum from politician Charles Crawford to keep certain "secrets" quiet. These alleged "secrets" were contained in documentation regarding the manipulations of stocks and sales of the Julian Petroleum Corporation. These events are reported in multiple articles, including "Two in Expose 'Plot' Indicted: Extortion Charged Reporter and ex-Lewis Aide," Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1930. Johnson and Lavine's trial ran from 1928-1932.
Date:: [between 1928-1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Another court document for a C. C. Julian case has a caption identifying it as an exhibit in a case in Judge Doran's court (image ark no. 21198/zz002cv8xp). Proceedings against C. C. Julian in Judge Doran's court are reported in the Los Angeles Times from 1926 through 1928.
Date:: [between 1926-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe district attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately indicted in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:: [between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (left) is seated in a witness stand as he is questioned by district attorney Robert Stewart about documents that he holds in his hand. Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe District-Attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately charged in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:: [between 1929-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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