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John True, State witness, questioned by an attorney during the Monahan murder trial, Los Angeles, 1953

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Title: John True, State witness, questioned by an attorney during the Monahan murder trial, Los Angeles, 1953
Date Created and/or Issued: 1953
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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: John True, on the witness stand, looks at a document held by an attorney. Behind him is a ground plan for a residence, perhaps that of the murder victim, Mabel Monahan.
Barbara Graham, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins were convicted of the murder of Mabel Monahan in 1953, during a robbery attempt in her home, and were executed two years later. John True and Baxter Shorter participated in the robbery. Shorter confessed when arrested for another charge, and was kidnapped and murdered by Perkins and Santo. During the trial, John True was a state witness in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: C1429_b173_80492-16_single_frame
ark:/21198/zz00256crj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
True, John
Monahan, Mabel, 1888-1953
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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