Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia 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
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962 Scott, Joseph, 1867-1958 Simpson , William E., 1889-1951 Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
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