Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mrs. Fitts rests a hand on her husband's shoulder as she leans in to speak to him at the prosecutor's table. Selections are made for the twelve jurors that will judge District Attorney Buron Fitts for false testimony in front of a grand jury in 1931 for a financial transaction of the sale of an orange grove and dismissal of a morals charge against real estate broker John P. Mills. Photograph appears with the article, "Fitts Trial in Perjury Case Opens," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1936: 1. Text from newspaper caption: Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Mrs. Fitts shown in court where the prosecutor faces trial on a perjury charge. Text from negative sleeve: 3268 - Mr. + Mrs Buron Fitts Perjury Trial [stamped:] Jan 21 1936 Handwritten on negative: Mr. + Mrs. Buron Fitts
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_12146 ark:/21198/zz002h84sq
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Spouses--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Fitts, Marion, 1893-1985 Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
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