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Title: Edward E. Sweeney with two unidentified men, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
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: Edward E. Sweeney (left) , former land and tax agent for the Southern California Gas Company, most likely when he was on trial for embezzlement, forgery, and grand theft. He is walking with two unidentified men. Reported in "BRIBERY MADE THEFT DEFENSE: E. E. Sweeney Says Money Went to Officials Missing $190,000 Purchased Favors, Court Told Gas Company Head Denied ex-Employee's Charges," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1928: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Sweeney, Edward E.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3731_G4788
ark:/21198/z1tn345x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Embezzlement--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Sweeney, Edward E., 1874-1936
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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