Manslaughter trial of Carl C. Magee
Photographer
unidentified
DateJune 15, 1926
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 7/16 in. (16.6 × 21.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.006.034
DescriptionCourtroom scene in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where Carl C. Magee is on trial for manslaughter after shooting a bystander named John Lasseter during a gunfight. Numbers correspond to identities of those in the photo: 1 - Judge Armijo; 2 - Judge Hanna; 3 - Wilson; 4 - Vaught; 5 - Mrs. Magee; 6 - Carl C. Magee; 7 - Shaffer of the New Mexico State Tribune; 8 - Chester Hunker, district attorney. All subjects are seated in front of a wooden bannister and radiator. Hats are on pegs on the far wall. Magee looks over his shoulder toward the camera and holds a cigar in his right hand.On View
Not on view
