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Gordon Stewart Northcott and mother Sara Louisa Northcott in court, Riverside, circa 1928

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Title: Gordon Stewart Northcott and mother Sara Louisa Northcott in court, Riverside, circa 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the article, "Youth Rejects Lawyer's Plan," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec 1928: A2.
Gordon Northcott refused to enter an insanity plea regarding charges of he and his mother Louise's murder of Walter Collins.
Mrs. Northcott stands holding a piece of her clothing. The courtroom behind her is packed with people. Gordon Northcott stands on the other side of the room from his mother and holds papers.
Text from negative sleeve: Norcutt, Sara Louise Gordon's mom
Text from newspaper caption: [P. & A. photo] They Are Reunited After Long Separation Mrs. Northcott is shown in the foreground while arrow points to her son, Gordon Stewart Northcott, standing consulting papers in the background.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Nathcott P + U
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6715
ark:/21198/zz002cx05b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Riverside
Courtrooms--California--Riverside
Mothers--California--Riverside
Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Northcott, Sarah Louisa Cawthorpe, 1870-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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