Names: Simpson, William E., 1899-1951 and Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Buron Fitts and his legal team at his perjury trial. From left to right, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Fitts, Jerry Giesler.
Date:: January 20, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Buron Fitts Trial Opens on Charge of Perjury," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1936: 2.
Date:: January 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Buron Fitts and his legal team. From left to right: Fitts, William Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler.
Date:: January 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: In January 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was charged with perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. He was prosecuted by Clyde C. Shoemaker and defended by Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, and William E. Scott with Winthrop O. Gordon as the attorney aid.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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