Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Ex-Publisher Views Body," Los Angeles Times, 09 Sep 1933: A2. A trial to determine whether or not Burmah White was the partner in crime of her late husband on the night of a fatal robbery. Burmah, Officer Lane, and Violet sit in a row at the front of the courtroom. Burmah stares directly into the camera with a smile on her face, Officer Lane sits with her hands folded over the purse in her lap and Violet holds a tissue beneath her nose, her eyes downcast. Handwritten on negative: Burmah White Text from newspaper caption: Leading Figures at White Inquest Left-Crombie Allen, retired publisher (right) testifying before Deputy Coroner Montfort at the inquest. Allen identified White as the man who robbed him and Miss Cora Withington, shooting the latter. He could not identify Mrs. White, Right-Mrs. Burmah White, widow of the dead bandit; Policewoman Lula Lane, and Mrs. Violet Dillon, sister of the dead man, at the inquest. Text from negative sleeve: White, Burmah Adams. 3304 -
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12276 ark:/21198/zz002h898c
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No linguistic content
Subject
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Widows Lane, Lula, b. 1893 Dillon, Violet White, Burmah A., b. 1914
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