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Door to the jury room during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1921

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Title: Door to the jury room during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: [between January-February, 1921]
1921-01/1921-02
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.
Door to the jury room photographed during the trial of Louise Peete, accusing of killing Jacob Denton. On the right is a diagram of the 2nd floor of the house of Jacob Denton, where Denton was murdered, with a label reading "Plan of second floor of 675 So. Catalina St. Los Angeles, Cal. Surveyed by County Surveyor. November, 1920. Scale 1" = 2'"
Louise Peete as convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Text from negative sleeve: Peete, Louise, Case
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11195
ark:/21198/zz002h965t
Language: English
Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Peete, Louise, 1888-1947
Denton, Jacob C
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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