US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. In January 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was charged with perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. He was prosecuted by Clyde C. Shoemaker and defended by Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, and William E. Scott with Winthrop O. Gordon as the attorney aid. Seated at the table, from left to right: William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, Jerry Giesler, Joe Scott, and an unidentified man. Joe Scott has his back turned to the camera. Several unidentified individuals stand in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 3268 --- 2/11/36 Buron Fitts, Mrs Buron Fitts, Jerry Geisler, W M Simpson, Bobby “, Mrs W M “, Roy Keane, Mrs Chas Phillips, Fits Jury Comes in with verdict 2-7-36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12152 ark:/21198/zz002h8509
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958 Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962 Simpson, William E., 1899-1951
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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