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Dr. Victor Parkin, expert witness for the prosecution during the Hickman, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Dr. Victor Parkin, expert witness for the prosecution during the Hickman, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
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.
Parkin acted as one of several expert witnesses for the prosecution against William Edward Hickman, charged and ultimately convicted for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. Hickman was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Dr. Victor Parkin, psychiatrist, photographed seated with pencil and notepad, wearing a three-piece-suit and tie.
Written on negative: Dr. Victor Parkin
Text from negative sleeve: Williams, William Edward
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10425
ark:/21198/zz002hbd0k
Subject: Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Psychiatrists--American--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Parkin, Victor, 1879-1958
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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