Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mrs. Edith V. Gale of Los Angeles, serving as a juror 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: Gale Edith V. Mrs.
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Crimes of passion--California--Glendale Juries--California--Los Angeles People Legal Homicides--California--Glendale Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Gale, Edith V., 1897-1971
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