Ernest Osborne and his dog King on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1939

Title: Ernest Osborne and his dog King on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1939
Date Created: January 13, 1939
Date: 1939-01-13
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: King was acquitted in court after engineer John Evans claimed he was severely injured by Osborne's dog after being forcibly ejected from his café.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Dog Vindicated of Damage Bite," Los Angeles Times, 05 Jan 1939: A1.
Ernest Osborne stands in the witness box holding King with one arm.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15307 - Ernest Osborne + Dog - "King"- (160 lb. St. Bernard in Superior Court - damage action w/owner) [stamped:] Jan 13 1939

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Osborne, Ernest
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Dogs--California--Los Angeles
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Working dogs--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14732
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j8cjw
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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