Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Case investigating officers Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst are in the background. Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: John F. Reavis Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - Ledbetter, Miles - Det.Lt.; Edwards, Edgar - Capt.; Reavis, John (center-seated); Hurst, Lloyd - Det.Lt.
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz0028001x
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Detectives--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles People Wounds & injuries--California--Los Angeles Musicians--American--California--Los Angeles Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Hurst, Lloyd Reavis, John Frank
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