Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mr. Nelson sits in the courtroom. An unidentified man, possibly Nelson's lawyer, leans over the rail to speak to him. After being accounted for charges of bigamy, Nelson was also arrested for failure to pay child support for his adopted children Norman and Alice according to his first wife Dorothy Nelson. He married his second wife, Marion Mickley Nelson, six days after obtaining a divorce from Dorothy, the divorce decree however was found to be fraudulent. Related to the article, "Suspect's Woes Grow," Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 1298 - Einer Nelson Bigamy Case [stamped:] Aug 1- 1935 Handwritten on negative: Einer Nelson
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7724 ark:/21198/zz002dfg6r
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No linguistic content
Subject
Bigamy--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Nelson, Einer, b.1896 or 97
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