Jerry Giesler, Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, and Marion Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Jerry Giesler, Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, and Marion Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 7, 1936

Date

1936-02-07

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, “Jurors Acquit Fitts of Perjury Charges,’ Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb 1936: 1-2.
From left to right: Jerry Giesler, Buron Fitts, William Simpson, Marion Fitts, and Adell Fitts (partially obscured).

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Jerry Geisler, Buron Fitts, W M Simpson, Mrs. Buron Fitts 2/7/36
Text from negative sleeve: 3268 --- 2/11/36 Buron Fitts, Mrs Buron Fitts, Jerry Geisler, W M Simpson, Bobby “, Mrs W M “, Roy Keane, Mrs Chas Phillips, Fits Jury Comes in with verdict 2-7-36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Simpson, William E., 1899-1951
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Fitts, Marion, 1893-1985

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles