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Title
William J. Cook and Edward Levine at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940
Date Created and/or Issued
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
1939-10-24/1940-05-29
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 J. Cook (left), friend and campaign worker for William G. Bonelli, and Ed Levine, a lobbyist, at the liquor license bribe trial. Both are accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Bonelli, William G.; Templeton, Merle; Rose, A. Brigham; Levine, Ed; Hughes, Hal; Mackay, Donald; Cook, Wm. J.; Huntsman, Ray
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: W.J. Cook Ed Levine
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gvc6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Cook, William J
Levine, Edward
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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