Edward E. Sweeney (left) , former land and tax agent for the Southern California Gas Company, most likely when he was on trial for embezzlement, forgery, and grand theft. He is walking with two unidentified men. Reported in "BRIBERY MADE THEFT DEFENSE: E. E. Sweeney Says Money Went to Officials Missing $190,000 Purchased Favors, Court Told Gas Company Head Denied ex-Employee's Charges," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1928: A1.
Photograph of three men seated in a courtroom during the trial of Liberty A. Hill, former Los Angeles chief deputy county clerk convicted on embezzlement.
Photograph of Liberty A. Hill and his wife, Ethel, just before leaving for San Quentin. Hill, a former chief deputy county clerk, was convicted of embezzlement of $75,000 in cash evidence in the Morris Lavine - Charles H. Crawford case.
Edward E. Sweeney (left) , former land and tax agent for the Southern California Gas Company, when he was on trial for embezzlement, forgery, and grand theft. He is seen meeting with his attorney Joseph W. Ryan. Reported in "BRIBERY MADE THEFT DEFENSE: E. E. Sweeney Says Money Went to Officials Missing $190,000 Purchased Favors, Court Told Gas Company Head Denied ex-Employee's Charges," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1928: A1.
Photograph of Lloyd Yarrow, investigator with the District Attorney's office; Leslie B. Henry, bond salesman accused of plundering the bond account of Charlotte Shelby, mother of actress Mary Miles Minter; and his attorney Harold Judson, seated in court.
Two men and a woman pose for a portrait in an office. They apparently were involved in the embezzlement trial of Liberty A. Hill, former Los Angeles chief deputy county clerk.
Photograph of Fred E. Temple (foreground figure) at the time that he surrendered in Superior Judge Schmidt's court when charged with stealing $27,000 from the estate of Charles H. Kessler. Temple is in a hallway with several other people standing behind him.
Photograph of, L to R, criminal attorney John S. Cooper in court with client Liberty A. Hill and attorney M. G. Phillips in court, with spectators behind them. Hill, a former chief deputy county clerk, was ultimately convicted of embezzling $75,000 cash evidence in the Morris Levine - Charles H. Crawford case.
Photograph of Leslie B. Henry, bond salesman (right), accused of plundering the bond account of Charlotte Shelby, mother of actress Mary Miles Minter, with his attorney Harold Judson (left) and bail bondsman Irving Glasser (center).
Leslie B. Henry sold bonds and was accused of embezzlement in the 1930s. In this photo he stands with briefcase in hand outside of the deputy jailer's work space.