Subject: Abused women--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Mrs. Deveda Smith was awarded divorce from husband Francis H. Smith and custody of their five-month-old son William after testifying of his verbal abuse, violence and alcoholism.
Date:: April 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Teenager and violent thief, Robert T. Fletcher, has a smoke as he sits on a wooden bench outside the courtroom. A man and woman and be blurrily seen in the background to the left. Fletcher wears a zippered gingham jacket, white shirt, and loose tie. Fletcher was at trial for attacking and then stealing from women victims. He would assault the women by punching them and taking their valuables as they were incapacitated.
Date:: October 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection