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Courtroom filled with men and women attending the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Courtroom filled with men and women attending the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: December 29, 1927
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.
Related to the article, "Attorney for Hickman Here: Walsh Starts Work on Case Immediately on Arrival. Status as Representative of Mother Made Plain. Plans for Course of Action to be Decided Later," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 1927: A2.
Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial that began January 25, 1928. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
A standing room only courtroom filled with men and women attending the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, who confessed to kidnapping and murdering Marion Parker, age 12.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10419
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Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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