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Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

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Title: Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: November 18, 1937
1937-11-18
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.
Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: McLaglen, Leopold, Capt.; Sewell, Harry F., Judge
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027xtr2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Sewell, Harry F., 1889-1941
McLaglen, Leopold
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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