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.
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
Aspiring actresses (left to right) Phyllis Brooks, Evelyn Poe, and Helen Parrish receive approval from Judge Parker Wood for their film contracts with the studio R.-K.-O.
H.A. Speer, in suit, tie, and flight helmet, Helene Millard, in leopard-spotted coat, man in suit, tie, and hat, and William S. Baird, in suit and bow tie, leather jacket, and flight helmet, all standing near biplane
A similar photograph of Aimee Semple McPherson on the witness stand is captioned, "Evangelist Quizzed on Film and Marital Affairs Upper picture at the trial of the film contract breach suit shows Superior Judge Yankwich and Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton. Lower picture was taken at the deposition proceedings--left to right--Dave Hutton, Attorney Benjamin Lewis, Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton, Attorney Edward A. Adams and Miss Ruth Tuttle, shorthand reporter," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 1934: A3
Los Angeles County Autopsy Surgeon Andrew F. Wagner, left, testifies on the witness stand. Judge J. J. Trabucco is to his right and a scribe sits at a table below recording the trial.
Three women display fur coats before Judge William R. McKay (right) in a courtroom. From left to right: Almeda Finley, Terrys Gambord, Barbara Woodling.
Benno M. Brink and Margaret (Mrs. Louis B.) Mayer being sworn in by Superior Judge Samuel R. Blake as members of the Juvenile Probation Committee. All three people have their right hands up and Judge Blake holds a book open with his other hand. They appear to be standing in a courtroom, and there is a name placard behind Judge Blake with his name on it. Reported in "Juvenile Board Pair Sworn In: Mrs. Louis B. Mayer and Benno M. Brink Take Post Recently Assigned Them," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jul. 1931: A7.
Seven California Supreme Court Justices seated in a row behind a long judges bench. From left: John E. Richards, William H. Waste, William P. Lawlor, Louis W. Myers (Chief Justice), Thomas J. Lennon, Emmet Seawell, and John W. Shenk. In front of them is a desk filled with books and documents. This photograph was taken on the day that John W. Shenk was sworn into office. Reported, with a different photo, in "Looking through the lens at bits of life," Los Angeles Times, 14, Apr. 1924: 11, and in "MYERS TO OPEN TRIBUNAL HERE: New Chief Justice to Start Session Monday Shenk, New Associate, Also to be on Bench Supreme Court Will Hear Local Cases," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 1924: A6.
Possibly related to the article "Fitts to Plead Today to Charge Made by Kegley," Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 1933: A5. The article reports that Kegley obtained from Municipal Judge Wilbur Curtis a complaint with charges of criminal slander against District Attorney Fitts.
Miss Lee leans forward from her seat in the witness stand. Judge Burnell is fixated on something that he is writing, as is the court stenographer, who is seated at a lamp lit table in front of Miss Lee. Another unidentified man sits in the foreground, his chair facing the witness stand and his back facing the camera.
Chief Many Treaties, left, inducts Judge Minor Moore into the “Old Glory Braves”, a “patriotic organization”. Fred Meyer, founder of the group, stands at the far right.
In two or three months the hearing of the petition of the estate of the late Henry Huntington for a refund of $2,000,000 of the $6,530,174.86 paid in Federal and State estate taxes should be settled with help from some members of the Federal Board of Tax Appeals.
According to U.S. Census records, “Clyda E Willis” is the correct spelling of Mrs. Willis’s name, meaning that the LA Times spelling of “Claudia E. Willis” was a misprint.
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.