Earle J. Tinnery, John Sanders, Harold Hendricks, Joseph Toth and William T. Sessions await their fate, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Earle J. Tinnery, John Sanders, Harold Hendricks, Joseph Toth and William T. Sessions await their fate, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

August 7, 1934

Date

1934-08-07

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

John Sandres, Harold Hendricks and Earle T. Tinnery were found guilty of various offenses ranging from battery and disturbing the peace to riot activity. William T. Sessions was acquitted of disturbing the peace. A mistrial was ruled in the case of Joseph Toth.
The men sit in a row looking at something on the other side of the courtroom. The courtroom behind them is occupied by dozens of people sitting and standing.
Photograph appears with the article, "Four Reds Convicted," Los Angeles Times, 08 Aug 1934: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: TINNERY, EARL J. COMMUNIST, 1934
Text from newspaper caption: Broadway riot defendants pictured as jury returns verdict finding four defendants guilty, one not guilty and a mistrial in another case. Left to right: Earle T. Tinnery, John Sanders, Harold Hendricks, all convicted; Joseph Toth, in whose case mistrial was declared, and William T. Sessions, who was acquitted. Court sets new trial in case of defendant Toth.
Handwritten on negative: Earl J Tinnery John Sanders Harold Hendricks Joseph Toth Wm J Sessions

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Sanders, John
Sessions, William T.
Tinnery, Earle T.
Toth, Joseph
Hendricks, Harold

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clocks & watches
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles