State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton 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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. State board of equalization member William G. Bonelli (left) and Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton talking to each other at the liquor license bribe trial. Both men are accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Wm G. BonelliMerle Templeton Text from original nitrate sleeve: Bonelli, William G.; Templeton, Merle; Rose, A. Brigham; Levine, Ed; Hughes, Hal; Mackay, Donald; Cook, Wm. J.; Huntsman, Ray
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gvnb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Government Bribery--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Crime Legal Bonelli, William G Templeton, Merle
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