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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

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Title: 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
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.
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
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: Wm G. BonelliMerle Templeton
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_22662-09
ark:/21198/zz0025gvnb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime
Legal
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Government
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Templeton, Merle
Bonelli, William G
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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