Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Benjamin E. Erb, oil worker and resident of 2512 North Eastlake Avenue in Los Angeles, pictured serving on the jury for the famous "White Flame" double murder trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.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.
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Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Crimes of passion--California--Glendale Homicides--California--Glendale Juries--California--Los Angeles Legal Disaster Erb, Benjamin E., 1890-1988
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