Ava B. Reich providing testimony in the trial of David and Serge Mdivani, charged with embezzeling about $30,000 from the Pacific Shore Oil Company. Reich was a bookkeeper for the company. She is seated in the witness stand with a ledger book open in front of her.
Parkin acted as one of several expert witnesses for the prosecution against William Edward Hickman, tried for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
This is a portrait of Cyril T. Holmes, the main witness in the prosecution of Mrs. Lois Pantages, wife of millionaire Alexander Pantages, convicted of manslaughter for the car accident that lead to the death of a Japanese man, Joe Rokumoto.