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Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, sits with her brother Samuel Karnes, Jr. in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1940

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Title: Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, sits with her brother Samuel Karnes, Jr. in a courtroom, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 28, 1940
1940-02-28
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.
Betty Hardaker sits with her brother Samuel Karnes, Jr. while on trial for the murder of her daughter. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, 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: Samuel Karnes, Jr., Betty Hardaker
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027zx76
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Legal
Hardaker, Betty Flay
Karnes, Samuel, Jr
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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