Pope, James Harlan, 1885-

Pope was born on Aug. 31, 1885 in Clayton, MI; attended Albion College (1903-6) and Univ. of Southern CA Law School (1911-7); reporter, then city editor of the Detroit morning news, 1909; reporter, LA times (1910-2) and LA evening herald (1912-6); admitted to CA bar, 1915; became the LA city public defender (1916-23), and judge, police court (1923-6); became Municipal Court judge in 1926, and presiding judge in 1931; member, board of trustees of the LA County Law Library, and of the Conference of CA Judges.

From the description of Papers, 1920-1960. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40298107

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