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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated February 15, 1960 reads, "Teacher and attorneys--Valley high school teacher Oren Bornstein, center, discusses charges against him with attorneys Morton M. Weinberg, left, and David R. Glickman. Bornstein is accused of heading ring of juvenile robbers". A preliminary hearing began in the Van Nuys Municipal Court for Oren Bornstein, a former teacher at John Francis Polytechnic High School, who was charged with receiving stolen goods and soliciting one of his students to assault and rob a jewelry salesman. Bornstein later pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to six months in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
California.--Municipal Court (Los Angeles) Criminals--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Trials (Robbery)--California--Los Angeles Crime--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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