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Autopsy Surgeon Andrew F. Wagner testifies at William Edward Hickman murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Autopsy Surgeon Andrew F. Wagner testifies at William Edward Hickman murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: February 14, 1928
1928-02-14
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.
Los Angeles County Autopsy Surgeon Andrew F. Wagner, left, testifies on the witness stand. Judge J. J. Trabucco is to his right and a scribe sits at a table below recording the trial.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Hickman Must Pay on Gibbet," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb 1928: A1.
William Edward Hickman received a death sentence on Feburary 14, 1928, for the murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Autopsy surgeon Andrew F. Wagner and psychiatrist Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds submitted a brief testimony before the sentence was announced by Judge Trabucco.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Handwritten on negative: County autopsy surgeon Wagner
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9461
ark:/21198/zz002dhj32
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Medical examiners (Law)--California--Los Angeles
Judges--California--Los Angeles
Wagner, Andrew F., 1867-1942
Trabucco, J.J. (Joseph Jerome), 1869-1938
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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