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William A. Hudson testifies before the coroner's jury for murder charges brought against Busby Berkeley for drunk driving, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: William A. Hudson testifies before the coroner's jury for murder charges brought against Busby Berkeley for drunk driving, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa December 11, 1935]
1935-12-11
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
William A. Hudson testifies before a coroner's jury for the murder charges against Busby Berkeley. Berkeley had been the cause for a three-car-collision that resulted in two deaths, possibly due to alcohol he had reportedly imbibed at a cocktail party beforehand. Hudson was a student injured in the crash who testified that he had smelled liquor on Berkeley's breath while speaking to him after the crash.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: William A. Hudson, coroner's jury
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Silverstone, J.H.; Hudson, William; Jury in triple crash; Holtslander, Edward T.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254qb8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal
Juries--California--Los Angeles
Hudson, William A., 1915
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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