Cameras in and out of court

• Posted By: Scott Harrison
• Posted On: 12:19 a.m. | March 6, 2012

May 28, 1947: Newspaper photographers grab photos of George “Bud” Gollum, 21, and Beulah Louise Overell, 18, during morning recess of their murder trial in Santa Ana.

During a 19-week sensational trial, the couple were acquitted in the murder of Overell’s parents. Local and national media packed the courthouse, attracted by the couple’s love letters and nature of the crime — they were accused of bludgeoning the parents and covering up the crime by dynamiting the victims’ yacht.

For more on the Overell murder trial check out this 1988 Los Angeles Times article.

The image of cameras in the courtroom, above, was published in the May 29, 1947, L.A. Times. The photo of cameras out of court, below, was published in The Times on Aug. 13, 1947.

The top photo has been added to the Photojournalist On the Job photo gallery.

Aug. 12, 1947: Attorneys during the Overell trial battled over admissibility of Overell-Gollum correspondence in court, but reporters and photographers were barred at the request of Otto Jacobs, Overell’s lawyer. A police officer explains the court order in the courthouse corridor. Credit: Los Angeles Times