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Dorothy Oaks holds gifts for Judge Thomas P. White and Charles R. Morfoot who were working the Guttman-Sewell case, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Dorothy Oaks holds gifts for Judge Thomas P. White and Charles R. Morfoot who were working the Guttman-Sewell case, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 10, 1935
1935-07-10
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Dorothy Oaks stands behind a table, holding gifts for Judge Thomas P. White and defense attorney Charles R. Morfoot. In her left hand, she holds up a rose lying in tissue paper in a box. By her right hand on the table, is a gift wrapped circular bundle. Judge White is being gifted a rose, while Morfoot is being gifted a cabbage.
Henry A. Guttman, posing as a financial expert/promoter, was lent over $40,000 in stock by Blanche Sewell. He never returned it and was charged with 8 counts of grand theft. He was found guilty of 2 counts, not guilty on 3 counts, and the jury deadlocked on the other 3 counts. He was sentenced for 1-10 years, but mercy was granted and he was instead put on 10 years probation after serving 9 months at a county road camp. Judge White presided over this case, and Charles Morfoot was Guttman's attorney.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1047. Dorothy Oaks With Rose & Cabbage which were sent to Judge White of Superior Court during the Guttman-Sewell Case [Guttman underlined in red pencil] 7/10/35 [stamped:] Aug 8 1935
Text on gift cards: left: Sorry just-- Cabbage […] not send […] Giggolo [sic]; Mr. Chas R. Morfoot, Dept 13, 18th Floor, City Hall. right: Darling's Shop. Yes, Yes, Yes. Hon. Judge White, Dept. 13, 18th Floor, City Hall
Handwritten on negative: Dorothy Oaks 7/10/35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7349
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Language: English
Subject: Roses--California--Los Angeles
Gifts
Trials--California--Los Angeles
Cabbage
Oaks, Dorothy
Morfoot, Charles R. (Charles Roy), 1885-1965
White, Thomas P., 1888-1968
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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