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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 17, 1961 reads "Mrs. Gloria La Forge, center in dark glasses, walked out of Division 68, Van Nuys Municipal Court, Tuesday, after being arraigned before Judge Francis A. Cochran on charges of assault with intent to commit murder. She is free without bail until her preliminary hearing May 28. The 72-year-old great-grandmother Monday night shot and critically wounded her granddaughter's boy friend, Valley band leader Jack Royal, after she accused him of breaking up the granddaughter's home. Royal is in fair condition today at Los Angeles General Hospital."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00123555 Valley Times Collection HCNVT_d030_f7_i10 CARL0005416198 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/55644
Subject
Van Nuys Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.) Women--California--Los Angeles Female offenders--California--Los Angeles Grandmothers--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Crime--California--Los Angeles Courthouses--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
