Actress Mae West Closes Court Testimony in Friedman Trial
In Los Angeles on January 18 Mae West ended her dramatic court appearance after testifying in the Edward Friedman robbery case. The defense and prosecution sparred over questions, with the judge ordering a halt to some cross-examination. West, in a purple dress and sable furs, displayed wit in exchanges about the stolen watch and the implicated accomplice Voiler, who faces extradition in Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Edward Friedman
W. J. Clark
Clark
Two Men Injured When Truck Overturns Near Dallas
A truck loaded with vegetables overturned in Oak Cuff a Dallas suburb injuring E B Taylor 32 of 204 Banameyes Street and Willie Ando 24 of San Antonio. Taylor suffered a fractured skull broken leg and shoulder while Ando had minor injuries. The truck struck a telephone post after overturning.
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E. B. Taylor
Banameyes Street
Willie Ando
San Antonio
Oak Cuff
Dallas
Taylor
Ando
Debutante Miss West Honored at Cocoanut Grove Dinner Dance
Social notes report several society events. Miss Mary Josephine West, debutante, was feted at a dinner dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Ambrose Byrne and Mr and Mrs A N Champion at the Cocoanut Grove garden of the St Anthony hotel with American Beauty roses and green decor. Helen Homen hosts a tea shower for Miss Celes Faulk, whose engagement to I A Randal is set for February 8. Mr and Mrs Thomas Hogg plan a January 24 dinner dance in honor of West and Elizabeth Lupe. Dr and Mrs Andrew H Wessels return from Los Angeles to San Antonio and will reside at Park Hill Drive until a permanent home in Alamo Heights is ready.
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Helen Homen
Celes Faulk
I. A. Randal
Ambrose Byrne
A. N. Champion
Cocoanut Grove Root Garden
St. Anthony Hotel
Mary Josephine West
Thomas Hogg
Elizabeth Lupe
Andrew H. Wessels
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Argyle Hotel
Wessels
Park Hill Drive
Alamo Heights
Olmos Valley
Convicted Man Is Released From Pen by Appeals Court
Edwards was convicted in Thirty-seventh district court on June 20 1099 for forgery and passing. He was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by Judge W S Anderson after a jury recommended a suspended sentence. The defense sought habeas corpus, the judge refused to hear it, and the court of criminal appeals released Edwards, holding the jury’s suspended sentence recommendation must be observed.
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Lawrences Edwarda
Thirty-seventh District Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Edwards
W. S. Anderson
Anderson
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