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Press release reporting the arrest of Asa Keyes, District Attorney, on bribery charges, 1928

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Title: Press release reporting the arrest of Asa Keyes, District Attorney, on bribery charges, 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.
Press released filed with image ark no. 21198/zz002h979c.
Text of photo credit attached to the image: WATCH YOUR CREDIT "P&A Photos" A 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 appeared in Judge Edmonds' Los Angeles courtroom. (LA FM 3) 11/1/28
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11229i
ark:/21198/zz002h97bw
Language: English
Subject: Public prosecutors--California--Los Angeles
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Keyes, Asa, 1877-1934
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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