Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Betty Hardaker sits with her brother, Samuel Karnes, Jr., at the trial for the murder of her daughter. A group of unidentified people stand in the back of the room with others who are seated. 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:Betty Hardaker.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1387_22815-17 ark:/21198/zz0027zxmw
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Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Disaster Legal Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Karnes, Samuel, Jr Hardaker, Betty Flay
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