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23-Nov-55

Berkeley Police Inspector Charles O'Meara testifying on the witness stand in the Abbott murder trial. The Tribune reported that O'Meara had "questioned Abbott extensively," but declines to give...

23-Nov-55

Berkeley Police Inspector Charles O'Meara testifying on the witness stand in the Abbott murder trial. The Tribune reported that O'Meara had "questioned Abbott extensively," but declines to give...

22-Nov-55

Two unidentified men confer in or near the Abbott murder trial courtroom in the Alameda County Courthouse.

22-Nov-55

An unidentified man stands in or near the Abbott murder trial courtroom in the Alameda County Courthouse.

23-Nov-55

Two unidentified men and one unidentified woman enter the Abbott trial courtroom in the Alameda County Courthouse. Behind them, at the doorway, stands a bailiff.

23-Nov-55

Otto Dezman walks into the courtroom to testify in the murder trial of Burton Abbott. He was a friend of Burton Abbott who was at the Abbott home in Alameda when Georgia Abbott (Burton's wife)...

22-Nov-55

An unidentified man stands in or near the Abbott murder trial courtroom in the Alameda County Courthouse.

22-Nov-55

An unidentified man stands in or near the Abbott murder trial courtroom in the Alameda County Courthouse.

22-Nov-55

An unidentified man leads a crowd of spectators(?) into the courtroom, filing past two bailiffs at the doorway. Spectators? Jurors? Witnesses?

22-Nov-55

Photograph of Mary Bryan, the mother of Abbott victim Stephanie Bryan. She is sitting in conference with District Attorney J. Frank Coakley.

When this photograph was printed in the...

17-Nov-55

The original negative sleeve identifies the woman as "Mrs. Hill." She sits on the witness stand, a large microphone positioned in front of her.

22-Nov-55

Photograph of Mary Bryan, the mother of Abbott victim Stephanie Bryan. She is sitting in conference with District Attorney J. Frank Coakley.

When this photograph was printed in the...

22-Nov-55

Photograph of Mary Bryan, the mother of Abbott victim Stephanie Bryan. She is sitting in conference with District Attorney J. Frank Coakley.

When this photograph was printed in the...

22-Nov-55

Photograph of Mary Bryan, the mother of Abbott victim Stephanie Bryan. She is sitting in conference with District Attorney J. Frank Coakley.

When this photograph was printed in the...

17-Nov-55

Photograph of an unidentified man standing outside of the Alameda County Courthouse courtroom where the trial of Burton Abbott took place. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and floral tie...

17-Nov-55

A schematic drawing (on a chalkboard?) in the courtoom of the Abbott murder trial. The drawing is composed of co-joined horizontal and vertical lines, so it might be a drawing of anything from...

17-Nov-55

An unidentified man (suit, tie, receding hairline, wan face) sashays into the Abbott trial courtroom as a bailiff looks on.

17-Nov-55

Photo of schematic drawing on chalkboard. Abbott basement floorplan? Blueprint of Trinity Co. getaway spot?

17-Nov-55

Defense counsel Harold B. Hove(?????) standing in front of a map of northern California, holding a jacket that has been admitted as a piece of evidence.

17-Nov-55

The original negative sleeve identifies the woman as "Mrs. Hill." She sits on the witness stand, a large microphone positioned in front of her. She is wearing a demure dress with a most...

17-Nov-55

Photograph of an unidentified man standing outside of the Alameda County Courthouse courtroom where the trial of Burton Abbott took place. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and floral tie...

17-Nov-55

Photograph of an unidentified man who may be defense counsel Harold B. Hove(?), displaying a piece of evidence to the jury(?). The evidence is a jacket with plush or fur collar. He stands in...

17-Nov-55

Photograph of an unidentified man who may be defense counsel Harold B. Hove, stuffing papers into his valise at the end(?) of another day of the trial. Behind him stands a photographer with his...

16-Nov-55

An unidentified man holds an enlarged photograph of what appears to be a freeway. He might be a cartographer, called as an expert witness to testify about the validity of the image he is holding...

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