Title supplied by cataloger. Courtroom view during the trial of Busby Berkeley. Visible are Deputy District Attorney David Coleman, Defense Attorneys Milton Cohen and Jerry Giesler, and Berkeley. Berkeley was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died in September 1935. Two trials resulted in hung juries, and he was acquitted after a third trial. Notation written on the verso, dated December 13, 1935 reads, ""Busby Berkeley.""
Berkeley, Busby,--1895-1976 Berkeley, Busby,--1895-1976--Trials, litigation, etc Giesler, Jerry,--1886-1962 Motion picture producers and directors Choreographers Criminal defense lawyers--United States Trials (Murder) Public prosecutors Judges Courtrooms Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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