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Charles Hardaker comforts his wife Betty Hardaker during her trial for the murder of their daughter, Los Angeles, 1940

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Title: Charles Hardaker comforts his wife Betty Hardaker during her trial for the murder of their daughter, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 23, 1940
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.
Charles Hardaker comforts his wife, Betty Flay Hardaker, while she sits with Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey during the inquest conducted by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daugher, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hardaker, Betty - Mrs.; Karnes, Samuel - Mr.; Bailey, Bess - Dep. Sheriff; Hardaker, Charles; Tait, Lorraine; Hosking, Madge.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Dep. Sheriff Bess Bailey, Charles & Betty Hardaker
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_22815-02
ark:/21198/zz0027zx34
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Legal
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Hardaker, Betty Flay
Bailey, Bess, b. 1904 or 05
Hardaker, Charles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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