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Title: District Attorney Asa Keyes charged with bribery and misconduct in office, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: November 1, 1928
1928-11-01
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.
Los Angeles District Attorney Asa Keyes charged seated in a courtroom after being with bribery and misconduct.
Related to the article, "DISTRICT KEYES IS ACCUSED!: GRAND JURY CHARGES WILLFUL CORRUPTION Secret Agreement to "Fix" the Julian Fraud Cases Alleged; Special Prosecutor Named,"Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov 1928: pg. 1.
Text of related press release (image ark no 21198/zz002h97bw): WATCH YOUR CREDIT. "P&A Photos" LA 15523 (LOS ANGELES BUREAU). Hardly 30 days before he is to retire after more than 25 years of public service, District Attorney Asa Keyes was arrested today (Nov. 1st) charged, in an indictment returned by the County Grand Jury, with misconduct in office and acceptance of bribes in connection with the Julian Petroleum fiasco and other cases. The district attorney was released on his own recognizance, after appearing before judge Douglas Edmonds, who set the date of the arraignment for Nov. 8th. Photo shows District Attorney Asa Keyes as he appeard in Judge Edmonds' Los Angeles courtroom. (LA FM 3) 11/1/28
Text from negative sleeve: Peoples, Clem Capt. Police
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11228
ark:/21198/zz002h979c
Subject: Public prosecutors--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967
Keyes, Asa, 1877-1934
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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