Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Prominent Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler photographed addressing the jury, during the "white flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Giesler led Wright's defense team, and argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.Superior court judge Ingall W. Bull Sr. is visible in the background of the photograph. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul A.
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b&w nitrate negative
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Crimes of passion--California--Glendale Homicides--California--Glendale Juries--California--Los Angeles Judges--California--Los Angeles Legal Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962 Bull, Ingall W., 1885-1960
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