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Order Number	00106939
Title	Defense
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1535 B-6
Date	1944
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Historical Data	Not long after Joan Barry filed the first paternity suit against Chaplin, federal prosecutors brought Mann Act charges against Charlie Chaplin in relation to Barry; he was acquitted.
Description	Photograph caption dated April 3, 1944 reads, "Defense attorney Jerry Giesler is shown today at the 'white slave' trial of comedian Charlie Chaplin, where he delivered the closing argument for his client, left, who sits alone at the counsel table."
Subject	Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977. Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Trials, litigation, etc. Barry, Joan--Trials, litigation, etc. Giesler, Jerry,--1886-1962. United States.--Mann Act of 1910--Cases. Lawyers--California--Los Angeles. Trials--California--Los Angeles. Comedians--United States. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection