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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Joseph Lionel Fainer papers
Creator:
Fainer, Joseph Lionel
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0780
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1937-1938
Abstract: Joseph Lionel Fainer (1897-1960) was the special prosecutor in the Harry Raymond bombing case. The collection materials focus
on his involvement with the trial and consist of trial notes, photographs, and clippings.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. George D. Lyon, 1962.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942330023606533
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[Identification of item], Joseph Lionel Fainer papers (Collection Number 780). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, UCLA.
Joseph Lionel Fainer was born in 1897 in California. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and practiced
criminal law in San Francisco and Oakland before coming to Los Angeles in 1927. He spent the rest of his life in Southern
California and died on August 21, 1960 in San Marino.
Fainer is most notable for serving as special prosecutor in
People vs. Kynette, Allen, and Browne. This court case led to the eventual recall of Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw. From its earliest days, many Shaw opponents
suspected his administration of corruption. Anti-Shaw forces hired Harry Raymond to investigate the administration. On January
14, 1938, Raymond's car exploded, severely injuring the detective and bringing corruption allegations to a head when it was
discovered that Earle Kynette, a Los Angeles Police Captain, had planted the bomb. Both Roy Allen and Kynette were convicted
and public outcry over the scandal led to the recall election.
Collection consists of photographs, a trial digest and pages from a scrapbook containing news clippings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lawyers -- California -- Archives.
Fainer, Joseph Lionel--Archives.