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

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Title: William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 20, 1936
1936-01-20
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
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.
Buron Fitts and his legal team at his perjury trial. From left to right, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Fitts, 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: 1/20/36 L 2 R W. E. Simpson x Joe Scott, Buron Fitts x Jerry Giesler
Text from negative sleeve: 3268—1/23/36 W. E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Buron Fitts, Jerry Giesler, Fitts trial 1-20-36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12160
ark:/21198/zz002h858f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Simpson, William E., 1899-1951
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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