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This photograph, taken on July 29, 1929, reveals the palatial courtroom of both the California State Supreme and Appellate Courts, located inside the Library and Courts building at 914 Capitol Avenue. The Courts occupied the first floor of the building which also housed the offices of the State Attorney General. The room's christening came on November 13, 1928, when the Supreme Court heard several cases, including an appeal from Leo Kelley, also referred to as the ""Butcher's Boy,"" who was convicted of murdering his paramour, Mrs. Myrtle Mellus, the wife of a wealthy Los Angeles financier.
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