Category Archives: #courts

Men Sentenced for Hitting Women

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Pig’n Whistle – next to City Hall on Broadway. Nov. 3, 1909: Justice Williams hears several cases involving violence against women. A blacksmith was sentenced to 100 days in jail for hitting his wife and a lodger was sentenced … Continue reading →

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Neighbors Seek to Block Home for Japanese Children

Posted on November 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Resolved: That in the course of human events woman will have her rights. And she should be free. When she frees herself from the tyranny of dressmakers and of milliners, the tyranny of Mrs. Grundy and the "gab fest" … Continue reading →

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Love Was Just Chickenfeed

Posted on November 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Shoes on sale for $3.50 ($82.86 USD 2008).   Nov. 2, 1909: A neighbor becomes infatuated with a young woman after borrowing chickenfeed from her. Eventually her stepfather complains to authorities … Abbie Sheehan, 17,  is sent to the … Continue reading →

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Horse Stable a Relic of Long Beach’s Past

Posted on November 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

     Nov. 1, 1919: A judge decides that getting drunk three times a year isn’t grounds for a divorce … And Long Beach police have nowhere to put a runaway horse since the city’s last stable was converted to … Continue reading →

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Black Soldier Refuses to Pass as White

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

“You don’t have to pass as a Negro in California. If you aren’t black you can pass for anything.” Oct. 31, 1919: A fascinating glimpse of African American life in Los Angeles surfaces in divorce proceedings. A black soldier says … Continue reading →

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Halloween Pranks

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

 A cheese elephant from “The Terrors of the Tiny Tads” by Gustave Verbeck/Verbeek. A five-passenger Cadillac is stolen – police say it’s a prank. Oct. 31, 1909: Three motorcyclists are charged with going almost 30 mph, in violation of the … Continue reading →

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Attorney General Rules Against Using Bibles in School

Posted on October 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Elgin watches are the timepieces of choice for job-seekers.     Aug. 1, 1947: U.S. Webb dies at the age of 82. Oct. 30, 1909: California Atty. Gen. Ulysses S. Webb says: “When we force our citizens to pay for and … Continue reading →

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Women in Little Tokyo Charged as B-Girls

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

And all this time, I thought people were joking about winning the Irish Sweepstakes.  The prolonged steel strike puts 6,100 local General Motors employees out of work. The affected factories are GM's Chevrolet, Fisher Body and truck plants in the … Continue reading →

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Teen Hoped to Bear Errol Flynn’s Child

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo Errol Flynn and Beverly Aadland in a photo published Oct. 15, 1959. Oct. 28, 1959: Jack Smith interviews Errol Flynn’s teenage girlfriend Beverly Aadland (whom Smith describes as the actor’s “last playmate”)  and her attorney … Continue reading →

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Judge Foils Attempt to Get Women on Jury

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Arctic turbans are the latest rage — $82.86 USD 2008. Oct. 28, 1909: Prosecutor Guy Eddie is determined to get women on juries despite Police Chief Dishman’s order that they not be summoned. His latest tactic is an attempt to … Continue reading →

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Grand Jury to Investigate USC Fraternity Hazing Death

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1959: General Motors lays off 2,103 autoworkers in Los Angeles because of the continuing steel strike … And the grand jury will investigate the death of Kappa Sigma pledge Richard Swanson.

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Boy, 6, Gets a Toy Sword – Mayhem Ensues

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1909: Master Trimble goes hunting Indians on South Main, armed with his new sword.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Roller Derby

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 26, 1953: It’s ladies night at the roller derby! And a group of teenagers attacks a former boxer after the girl sitting next to him at a theater claims he molested her.

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The ‘Unwritten Law’ on Homicide

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Halloween with R.F. Outcault’s Buster Brown. Oct. 26, 1919: The “unwritten law,” that a husband was justified in killing any man who romanced his wife, appears frequently in The Times and was cited as a defense for decades – often … Continue reading →

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Doctor Dumped Severed Body Into Creek, Chauffeur Says

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Labor activists in Indianapolis set off four precisely timed bombs targeting a contractor using non-union workers. One bomb destroyed a barn at his home, two bombs wrecked buildings under construction and the fourth damaged a building at his plant. … Continue reading →

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Editor Threatens Rival Newsman With a Gun

Posted on October 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 23, 1909: The editor of the Antelope Valley Gazette is cleared on charges of pulling a gun on the editor of the Antelope Valley Ledger. It’s a nasty dispute involving a woman with a horsewhip who has bad … Continue reading →

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Delay for Caryl Chessman

Posted on October 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 22, 1959: President Eisenhower transfers German rocket scientists led by Wernher von Braun from Army jurisdiction to NASA. Luau anyone? The Dodgers submitted a map for their Chavez Ravine ballpark and some of the features were downright headline grabbers. … Continue reading →

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As Undercover Agent, Housewife Spied on Communists

Posted on October 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 21, 1959: Moiselle Clinger describes spying on Communists for the FBI. Truck driver Gordon Powell says he robbed a bank after losing work because of the steel strike. A new appeal seeks to block the execution of Caryl Chessman. … Continue reading →

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Who Can Be an American Citizen?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 21, 1909: Johanna Engleman of Santa Monica still hopes to be a juror, but no attorney wants her on a case because the decision might be reversed. After all, she may not be qualified to serve as a juror! … Continue reading →

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Quints Born in Texas

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 20, 1959: Former Secretary of State and Defense Gen. George C. Marshall is buried at Arlington. Former President Truman says: "I sincerely hope that when it comes my time to cross the great river, Gen. Marshall will place me … Continue reading →

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