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Title
Mrs. Alice M. Wheatley and Mrs. Ruth L. Birkelund, jurors on the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
1938
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.
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.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027z3fq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
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
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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