Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The picture taken from what appears to be the jury box shows Kelly sitting with crossed legs in the witness stand, looking towards the ceiling. The court stenographer is also in the frame, his face slightly blurred from being caught in motion. Kelly has claimed that the blows he dealt to Ray Raymond were in self defense, and were not what caused the comedian's death. Kelly has confessed his love for Raymond's widow, Dorothy Mackaye. Photograph appears with the article, "Self-Defense Excuse Given," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1927: A2. Text from newspaper caption: Paul Kelly Testifies Text from negative sleeve: MacKaye, Dorothy murder 1927
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6178 ark:/21198/zz002cwbnz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Kelly, Paul, 1899-1956
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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