Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. From left to right are Kenneth G. Ormiston, Chief Investigator Ben Cohn, Deputy District Attorney Forrest F. Murray, Chief Deputy District Attorney James E. Davis, and Superior Judge Gavin W. Craig. Ormiston is wearing glasses. Cohn is posing as if handing a sheet to Judge Craig. Other men stand in the background. Photograph taken during Ormiston's arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court on a grand jury indictment for felony conspiracy charges related to the Aimee Semple McPherson case. This photograph appears with the article, "ORMISTON CONDESCENDS TO APPEAR FOR ARRAIGNING: Bail for $2500 Posted After He Acts as His Own Attorney; Ready for Legal Fray," Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 1926: 2. This photograph appears with the caption, "When McPherson Case Figure Appeared on Scene: Will-o'-Wisp Materializes in Local Courtroom at Last," Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 1926: 2. Text from negative sleeve: Ormiston, Kenneth G. Angelus Temple, 1928.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7044 ark:/21198/zz002cxcht
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Arraignment--California--Los Angeles Murray, Forrest F., 1893-1976 Cohn, Ben Ormiston, Kenneth G., 1896-1937 Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949 Craig, Gavin W. (Gavin William), 1878-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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