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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 21, 1957 reads, "Self-styled Lithuanian prince Leo Galitzine, 53, waits to appear at today's preliminary hearing in Van Nuys where he is charged with two counts of manslaughter in traffic deaths of two persons last Dec. 2. Jean Matty, 16, injured in the two-car crash, looks at him from wheelchair."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Hit-and-run drivers--California--Los Angeles Traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Teenage girls--California--Los Angeles Wheelchairs--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Courthouses--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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