Subject: Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Related to multiple articles dealing with Jean P. Peirce, policewoman, who shot and killed O. D. Yancey, policeman, on October 20, 1935. She claimed to have mistaken him for a burglar and shot to frighten him off, accidentally killing him. She was acquitted. The story was covered in the Los Angeles Times from October 21-December 7, 1935.
Date:: October 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Laura von Briesen (right) and an unidentified woman, possibly Dorothea Charmion Daley, stand outdoors, arms around each other. An X has been drawn over the left woman's face.
Date:: December 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Gladys Hamilton and John Carl Whiteley were witnesses to Busby Berkeley's driving that resulted in a car crash that killed three people and badly injured three others. Berkeley was on trial for murder for the third time (the first two juries deadlocked). They testified that he was speeding and drove them off the road.
Date:: April 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Wilfred Simpson, son of victim, sits on the witness stand next to Los Angeles County Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort, who appears to be sitting on the judge's bench and examining documents. A group of men, who appear to be part of the jury, sit nearby. Simpson was the son of manslaughter victim, William E. Simpson, a landlord who died during a heated argument with his tenant, defendant Phillip Shereshewfsky. The argument between Shereshewfsky and Simpson turned violent. After being struck by Shereshewfsky, Simpson hit the pavement and died from a skull fracture. Shereshewfsky is referred to with the surname of "Pearl" in early newspaper articles relating to the trial. Additionally his first name is spelled as "Philip" or "Phillip" in various articles. His family possibly used both last names interchangeably. As for William E. Simpson, his birth year and age are suspect. His census and official records do not correspond to the age the articles cite.
Date:: October 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Shereshewfsky was facing trial for the death of his and his sister's elderly landlord, William E. Simpson. An argument between the man and Shereshewfsky turned violent, when Simpson fell down and died from a skull fracture. Shereshewfsky is referred to with a surname of "Pearl" in early newspaper articles relating to the trial. Additionally his first name is spelled as "Philip" or "Phillip" in various articles. The family possibly used both last names interchangeably. As for Simpson, his birth year and age are suspect. His census and official records do not correspond to the age the articles cite.
Date:: October 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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