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Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
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.
Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg. Gregg who was known as "Big Bill" was shot by Patrolman W.H. Redding, and his death created an uproar amongst longshoremen. Traffic was blocked by demonstrations, and a shrine was constructed around the scene of the shooting.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Gregg, Norman "Big Bill" - shooting: Attorneys, witnesses, and crowd; Guerin, Arthur S. - Judge; Olsen, Edwin - swearing complaint[sic]; Brown, Mable-Mrs. witness; Harding, Marcella-Mrs. " "; Reedy, R. - Business Agt. ILA; Donnelly, Roy M. - Pres. " "; Ross, Marshall - atty.; Schulman, Alexander H. - atty.; Packerd, John C. - atty.; Gregg, Bertha-Mrs. - mother; Gregg, Myrtle - sister.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288qv2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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