Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “Young Poison Slayer Escapes Gallows: DRAKE GIVEN LIFE TERM Youth Insisting He Slew Relatives to prevent Grief Escapes Gallows,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 1935: 3. Handwritten on negative: L 2 R—J. G. Porter, Leroy Drake, Ellery Cuff 12-17-35. Text from negative sleeve: 2341—L t R atty. J. G. Porter, Leroy Drake (Defendant), atty. Ellery Cuff 12-17-35, Being Sentenced to Life Imprisonment, [Stamped:] DEC 20 1935. Text from newspaper caption: Superior Judge Vickers yesterday sentenced Leroy Drake to Life imprisonment for slaying of his great-aunt and great-uncle. Left to right, listening to sentence are: Drake’s attorney, Jesse B. Porter, Drake and E. E. Cuff, Deputy Public Defender, who aided the defense.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8763 ark:/21198/zz002dgq10
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Cuff, Ellery E., 1896-1988 Porter, J. G Drake, Leroy, b. 1916
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