Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated July 12, 1934 reads, "This photo shows Miss Desey in court. The court denied her suit for $104 against Miss Minter over the dress." Hilda Desey, a dress shop proprietor, charged that Mary Miles Minter entered her shop at 2980 Wilshire Blvd. and took a $55 tweed dress by force. Miss Minter countered saying that she financed Miss Desey's dress shop and that in taking the dress she was merely getting something in which she had a considerable interest. Deputy District Attorneys refused to issue a complaint for either petty theft of malicious mischief; it was decided that there was no evidence of any malicious intent on the part of Minter.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984--Trials, litigation, etc Women--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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