Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to article, "Victims Face Youth Accused of Brutal Bandit Career: Slugging Robber Suspect Indicted On Four Counts." Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1935 Teenager and violent thief, Robert T. Fletcher, has a smoke as he sits on a wooden bench outside the courtroom. A man and woman and be blurrily seen in the background to the left. Fletcher wears a zippered gingham jacket, white shirt, and loose tie. Fletcher was at trial for attacking and then stealing from women victims. He would assault the women by punching them and taking their valuables as they were incapacitated. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2646-- Robert T. Fletcher - 18 yrs, Robbery Suspect Text from newspaper caption: Robert T. Fletcher Handwritten on nitrate negative: Robert T. Fletcher, 10-21-35
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uclamss_1429_9150 ark:/21198/zz002dh5cw
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Judicial proceedings Violence--California--Los Angeles Abused women--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Robberies--California--Los Angeles Fletcher, Robert T. b. ca. 1918
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