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Defense attorney Jerry Giesler in court during the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:
Prominent Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler photographed addressing the jury, during the "white flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Giesler led Wright's defense team, and argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.Superior court judge Ingall W. Bull Sr. is visible in the background of the photograph.
Date:
[between January 13-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Defense attorney Jerry Giesler in court during the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938.

Sonja Branting and Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Los Angeles, November 1935

Description:
Taken during Branting’s trip to Los Angeles from Stockholm to lecture about the rising Nazi threat. Her trip was sponsored by the World Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism. She was welcomed to Los Angeles by a group headed by Judge Lindsey. Branting and Lindsey were known figures on social reform issues in their respective nations. Branting’s father was multiple-time Swedish Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting.
Date:
[November 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Sonja Branting and Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Los Angeles, November 1935

A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William G. Bonelli (second from left), State Board of Equalization member, and Merle Templeton (far right), Chief Liquor Control Officer, both charged with involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license. Far left is A. Brigham Rose, attorney for Ed Levine, another alleged member of the pay-off ring, which included at least six members. Second from right is Judge Carlos S. Hardy, who was not the judge for the trial
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
A. Brigham Rose, William G. Bonelli, Carlos S. Hardy, and Merle Templeton at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Sonja Branting and Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Los Angeles, November 1935

Description:
Taken during Branting’s trip to Los Angeles from Stockholm to lecture about the rising Nazi threat. Her trip was sponsored by the World Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism. She was welcomed to Los Angeles by a group headed by Judge Lindsey. Branting and Lindsey were known figures on social reform issues in their respective nations. Branting’s father was multiple-time Swedish Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting.
Date:
[November, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Sonja Branting and Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Los Angeles, November 1935

State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli with A. Brigham Rose and Carlos S. Hardy at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William G. Bonelli (center), member of the State Board of Equalization, who is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from local liquor retailers, standing between A. Brigham Rose (left) and Judge Carlos S. Hardy (right). A. Brigham Rose is the attorney for Ed Levine, a lobbyist also accused of involvement in the liquor license bribe scandal. It is unclear how Judge Hardy is involved with Bonelli, as he is not the judge for this trial.
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli with A. Brigham Rose and Carlos S. Hardy at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Kid McCoy, defendant, testifies during his murder trial, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "Former Ring Idol Enacts Death Scene on Witness Stand: DEFENSE CLOSES AS KID REVEALS FAMILY TAINT Ex-Pugilist Enacts His Version of Mrs. Mors's Death Before Jury; Arguments on Monday," Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 1924: A1
Date:
[December 19, 1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Kid McCoy, defendant, testifies during his murder trial, Los Angeles, 1924

A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness looks at evidence during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards camera and looks down at an open book in front of him. To his left, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In front of the bench, lawyers sit at the counsel's table. In the foreground, a man stands with his back to camera along the right edge.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness looks at evidence during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the right and rests her elbow on the box's ledge. To the right of her, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks towards the counsel's table. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the right and rests a elbow on the box's ledge. To the right of him, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and takes notes. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness testifies at Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Lawyers Norman Bailie and Robert M. Clarke enacting roles as authors of the U.S. Constitution, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Attorney and former Judge Robert M. Clarke adjusts the costume of Lawyer Norman A. Bailie. The men participated in a pageant presented by the Los Angeles Bar Association, "The Making of the Constitution of the United States of America," at the Philharmonic Auditorium. Bailie was portraying Robert Morris of Philadelphia, and the other participants played other authors of the United States Constitution.
Date:
July 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lawyers Norman Bailie and Robert M. Clarke enacting roles as authors of the U.S. Constitution, Los Angeles, 1935

Five female lawyers and judges at a meeting of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Five female lawyers and judges at a meeting of the National Association of Women Lawyers. Wellman, Matthews, and Ruppa wear ribbons that read, in part, "National Association Women Lawyers." In the background, there are other women gathered, and in the far background there is a man sitting on a bench.
Date:
July 15, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Five female lawyers and judges at a meeting of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Los Angeles, 1935

Clyde C. Shoemaker and key witness Lucien C. Wheeler at Buron Fitts perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

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 falsely testified 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:
January 27, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Clyde C. Shoemaker and key witness Lucien C. Wheeler at Buron Fitts perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Witness takes the stand during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, a witness sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. The witness sits facing towards the camera and rests a elbow on the box's ledge. To the right of him, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and takes notes. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table. A tall stack of documents sits in the middle of the table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Witness takes the stand during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
A court session was held in Good Samaritan Hospital at the bedside of Golda Draper, the waitress who was shot through her back at a café on West Jefferson Street by attorney Donald A. Rothrock, who fired on the waitress because of a perceived slight in service he had received two days prior to the shooting.
Date:
September 23, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Shooting victim Golda Draper visited by Judge Chambers and others, Los Angeles, 1935

Leroy Dawson and Newton Kendall show color-blind test to Doris Chapman, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Judge Leroy Dawson and attorney Newton Kendall show Doris Chapman a color-blind test. The judge and Kendall are both standing as they hold out the color chart to a sitting Chapman. Both men wear suits and ties, while the young woman wears a dress or skirt with a knit blouse. Judge Dawson has spectacles on. The title of the chart reads: Are You Color Blind? This Will Tell You
Date:
October 21, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Leroy Dawson and Newton Kendall show color-blind test to Doris Chapman, Los Angeles, 1935

Judge Alfred Paonessa and Randolph Kerr watch Lloyd Federmeyer show his skills on a marble game, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Description:
A jury is left to determine whether or not James Martin's marble game at his store on Spring street is in violation of gambling laws. The fate of 1500 marble games in Los Angeles rest in their decision. Lloyd Federmeyer played the game in front of the court to show that skill and not chance affects the marble games and Federmeyer performed several spectacular stunts.
Date:
circa 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Judge Alfred Paonessa and Randolph Kerr watch Lloyd Federmeyer show his skills on a marble game, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Ex-Judge Guy F. Bush and wife Leila LeGrand with attorneys Hahn, Holbrook and Bole at Hahn's office, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of ex-Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush with soon-to-be ex-wife, Leila Hewitt LeGrand and attorneys S. S. Hahn holding phone (her counsel), and C. W. Holbrook and Harry Bole (his counsel). The couple met in an unsuccessful attempt to settle marital difficulties at atty. Hahn's office.
Date:
May 20, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ex-Judge Guy F. Bush and wife Leila LeGrand with attorneys Hahn, Holbrook and Bole at Hahn's office, Los Angeles, 1935

Deputy City Prosecutor Reynolds, Judge T. L. Ambrose, and defense attorney Warren Williams at the Follies Theater, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
From the left: Deputy City Prosecutor Reynolds, Judge T. L. Ambrose, and defense attorney Warren Williams stand in front of a stage curtain at the Follies Theater. Reported in "Possibly Why So Many Want to Be Judges," Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 1931: A1.
Date:
April 13, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Deputy City Prosecutor Reynolds, Judge T. L. Ambrose, and defense attorney Warren Williams at the Follies Theater, Los Angeles, 1931

County grand jury foreman William H. Carter, Judge Arthur Keetch, and chief deputy district attorney Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
From left: William H. Carter, Judge Arthur Keetch, and Buron Fitts in the office of judge Keetch. Judge Keetch swore in Carter as foreman of the 1926 Los Angeles County Grand Jury on March 9. Reported in "Court Swears in Inquisitors: INQUISITORS ARE SWORN IN," Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 1926: A1.
Date:
March 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
County grand jury foreman William H. Carter, Judge Arthur Keetch, and chief deputy district attorney Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1926