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Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright conferring with an attorney in court, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
1938-01-17/1938-02-18
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.
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed conferring with an attorney at his trial. 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.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, 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.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Paul A. Wright
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027z012
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Legal
Disaster
Wright, Paul A
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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