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Melvin Belli — Part 9

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 15, 1960 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Melvin Belli · 40 pages OCR'd
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OPtONa, fee WO, 10 @ : . UNITED STATS GUNNERS Memorai aduri. | TO; Mr. DeLoach oy DatE: - “LYNN w. - JOHNSTON fo : boy “MUNICIPAL JUDGE © 2. L- -ON ae | DOWNEY, CALIF ORNIA id ope oo By. airtel, the Los . Angeles: ¢ Ciiiee advised vhat Judge Lynn Wa} - Johnston. has: been charged with offering lenien acy for love ic.four women defep | In’ effect, ‘the: ‘charges: are that Johnston would take care of a probation _violat§ .or similar. matter if the -vcraan would pay the judge '"litue visits." Melvin -éa-prominent San T-vancis co ind Los Angeles lawyer, as a Ustense apparent) intends to show sahere 5 Erici-on between Chit 2 yar. Robinson (NA) of Downey Polic an é Johnsicn; thei this eminated from Robif attempting to tet 3 shnsts cnet 8 se sntences he should impose? 2nd Johnston's ~ 4 _< tw re I IN tw ROR ONT SO moe UN toh ~“ ar 2g 7 that. the Downey Foi::e¢ ve surtment was not properly hardiing narcotics viclat 29° Johnston claims this whole thing is a frame- “Up by Robinscn, Robinson cla:neg wi ozs) “he does not #..cav Jus: ze ° Johnston very Well but he cid know of his extremely PA 7 tee Mation for chr sing g after women veaiore he was appointed to the Bench. A. ee an “tobinson, Beiii nes turned the J éinston zzialLinto a trial of Rovinson sit 4, (aensscnpting € to make Robinson the ceiendani described Belii ¢ aS ¢ - 2:0St vicious Lad unscrupulous individual. ac nas ever The encountered, The Lv: : i noted on the airtel] that Ecli: is "a shyster:" °6 a7: ca ne Tn connection with the trial, a sepresentative ofthe Federal Bureau. j 39 7 “of Narcotics contiy ad the Los Angeles Office on 11-1-6i advising that he head :0 received infor::::ion 7rom the local District Attorney's Office that as part of | zon wrote a letter to the FBI COL laining ; ies i | Johnston's defe::..¢ he would claim nat Jon:sic i .3 yj of narcotics conditicns in Dowr.cy. The Feaer2l Bureau of Narcotics in Los angeles . | 14 apparently has no record that such a letter was written to them and there is no’ ib 4 1S record that Johnston wroie to th: Los Angéiss Oifice of this Bureau in this regard, : 16 e; It is also noted that an item in the i11-1-61 issve of the "Daily Signal" Belli charged 7 Hi in his opening statement in the irial that the ‘ud between Johnsicn and Robinson 's : is men worsened after Johnston complained to the FBI.and Robinson destroyec cna arrs report in a he 20 rl ath Bufiles ...7e been checked aianeoto. ‘recost could De'loceted . ae er from Johnston. %? fhe possibility exists, however, that if such 4 tc a oe - me sent here to FBIE adouarters and it-solely-concerned NArewcs. : ae ic would ha ve. been referred to the Feder2i Bure: aceon ” ed ~ . ee w£ ~ (CONTINUED NEXT P
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