Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mrs. Alice M. Wheatley, left, and Mrs. Ruth L. Birkelund, right, serving as jurors for the "White Flame" double homicide 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. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wheatley, Alice M., Mrs; Birkelund, Ruth R. Mrs.
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Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles People Crimes of passion--California--Glendale Homicides--California--Glendale Juries--California--Los Angeles Legal Birkelund, Ruth Lillian, 1886-1972 Wheatley, Alice M., 1912-2010
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