1972 Press Photo Author Clifford Irving and wife Edith with newsmen in New York

Author Clifford Irving and his petite blonde wife, Edith, right, are surrounded by newsmen Friday after leaving State Supreme Court in New York City. Earlier a federal judge sentenced Irving to two and half years in prison and his wife to a two month jail term in connection with charges stemming from the sale of a fake autobiography of millionaire Howard Hughes. The state court turned the couple loose with only the federal sentence to be served. Motto on court building, background reads: "Only the just man enjoys peace of mind."

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 10.25 x 7.25 inches.