Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial, where Paul A. Wright is accused of the murders of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial, where Paul A. Wright is accused of the murders of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: between January 13 and February 15, 1938
Date: 1938-01-13/1938-02-15
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial where Paul A. Wright is accused of murdering his wife and best friend after finding them in an embrace. Wright's lawyer, Jerry Giesler, eventually won his client's freedom with a temporary insanity defense
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul A.; Scenes in Court; Jury; Attorneys; Spectators
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Paul A Wright trial

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Wright, Paul A.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Disaster

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025grd8
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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