Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, pictured at Fitts' perjury trial, circa January 1936. Dist. Atty Fitts was charged with perjuring himself during testimony to a 1931 grand jury, in regards to real estate transactions carried out by his family. His sister and secretary, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, was also a defendant in this case. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fitts, Buron, Mrs.; Blalock, Eugene, Mrs.; Fitts, Ardell, Mrs.Note: notation from nitrate sleeve appears to refer to only picture 4 in the 12645 sleeve series.
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uclamss_1387_12645-03 ark:/21198/zz0025fpvk
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People Legal Crimes--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 Shoemaker, Clyde C., 1886-1965
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