Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The four men stand around the scale watching the fish that rests on it. Frank Bushanovitch of the Larco Fishing Company of Santa Barbara has been charged with violating the fish and game laws by delivering filets of halibut cut from fish under the legal weight of pounds when taken from the water. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Fish As Well As Evidence Goes On Justice Scales," Los Angeles Times, 22 June 1935: A3. Text from negative sleeve: 1025 - Senator Chas W. Lyon Senator Wm. B. Hornblower Judge A.A. Scott Robert Patton - pull card - Alep. City Pros. Frank Larco Principals in Court Case over the weight of fish [stamped:] Jul 10 1935 Handwritten on negative: Judge A.A. Scott, Wm. B. Hornblower LtoR Chas. W. Lyon Frank Larco.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_7329 ark:/21198/zz002df0kp
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Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Scales Fish--California Judges--California--Los Angeles Larco, Frank Camillo, 1881-1944 Hornblower, William B., 1894-1957 Lyon, Charles W Scott, A. A. (Alfonso Aloysius), 1902-1985
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