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Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 27, 1936
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.
Buron Fitts and his legal team. From left to right: Fitts, William Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler.
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.
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Buron Fitts, WM. Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler 1-27-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3268 – 2/2/36 Buron Fitts, W M Simpsons, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler Fitts trial 1-27-36
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12159
ark:/21198/zz002h857x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958
Simpson , William E., 1889-1951
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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