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Former Julian Petroleum secretary Leontine Johnson and attorney William B. Beirne exit a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1928-1932

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Title: Former Julian Petroleum secretary Leontine Johnson and attorney William B. Beirne exit a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1928-1932
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1928-1932]
1928/1932
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Leontine Johnson (right) was a former confidential secretary of one of the heads of Julian Petroleum, S. C. Lewis. She and newspaper reporter Morris Lavine were tried and found guilty of an extortion scheme wherein Lavine accepted a sum from politician Charles Crawford to keep certain "secrets" quiet. These alleged "secrets" were contained in documentation regarding the manipulations of stocks and sales of the Julian Petroleum Corporation. These events are reported in multiple articles, including "Two in Expose 'Plot' Indicted: Extortion Charged Reporter and ex-Lewis Aide," Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1930. Johnson and Lavine's trial ran from 1928-1932.
Handwritten on negative: L to R - WM Beirne, Leontine Jolinson
Text from negative sleeve: Beirne, William B. Atty.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3693_G373
ark:/21198/z11c7pnf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Office workers--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Johnson, Leontine
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Beirne, William Bryan, 1890-1980
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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