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Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles: The Life and Times of Earl Rogers: L.A.'s Greatest Trial Lawyer

Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles: The Life and Times of Earl Rogers: L.A.'s Greatest Trial Lawyer

Trope, Michael Lance

Hardcover

Biographies General19th Century United States HistoryRegional: West

ISBN10: 0870623052
ISBN13: 9780870623059
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
Published: Jul 1 2001
Pages: 274
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Earl Rogers was born in upstate New York in 1869. Sworn into the practice of law in California in 1897, Rogers' prolific legal career in Los Angeles spanned twenty-one years, ending in 1918.

He defended the famous and infamous, including:

  • The great Clarence Darrow on charges of jury bribery
  • Los Angeles Police Chief Charles Sebastian (who later became mayor of L.A.) on charges of having illegal sexual relations with a minor
  • real estate tycoon Colonel Griffith J. Griffith, who donated Griffith Park to the State of California, on charges of attempted murder of his wife
  • Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard on second degree murder charges
  • United Railroad chief Patrick Calhoun on charges of corruption and bribery of public officials in San Francisco

Rogers tried 77 murder trials, losing but three. In an era when there was no television, when radio and moving pictures were in their infancy, the daily newspapers of Los Angeles communicated the news to its citizens. Their coverage of Earl Rogers made him a man of great celebrity.

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