Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank crash case before court," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1927: A1. Related to the article, "Shift in judges made for Wattersons' trial," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1927: A1. Jess Hession, District attorney for Inyo County (left), and William Dehy, a Superior Court judge of Inyo County, most likely examining literature related to the Watterson brothers embezzlement case. Jess Hession and Judge Dehy worked on the Watterson brothers embezzlement case before Dehy disqualified himself. Wilfred W. Watterson and Mark Q. Watterson, members of the Owens Valley Irrigation District board of directors, were charged with 34 counts of embezzlement. Handwritten on negative: Jess Hession, Judge Wm Dehy Handwritten on negative sleeve: Inyo County District Atty. Text from negative sleeve: Hession, Jess
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9456 ark:/21198/zz002dhhx0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.) Lawyers--California Judges--California Dehy, William, b. 1869 or 1870 Hession, Jess, 1886-1950
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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