Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Not long after Joan Barry filed the first paternity suit against Chaplin, federal prosecutors brought Mann Act charges against Charlie Chaplin in relation to Barry; he was acquitted. Photograph caption dated March 28, 1944 reads, "Chaplin, left, and Lieut. Claude Marple of the Beverly Hills police force, who was also indicted on a conspiracy charge, shown signing the fingerprint cards after there were fingerprinted."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977 Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Trials, litigation, etc Barry, Joan--Trials, litigation, etc Beverly Hills (Calif.).--Police Dept United States.--Mann Act of 1910--Cases Document signings--California--Los Angeles Comedians--United States Police--California--Beverly Hills Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Journalists--California--Los Angeles Fingerprints Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Trials--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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