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Andy Kovacovich

Era:1920s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

Andy Kovacovich was prosecuted under Pennsylvania's Sedition Act and convicted in June1924 according to Robert W. Dunn's contemporary report. While that conviction was on appeal, corporation police arrested him again in late1925 for distributing alleged radical literature. The report explicitly says he was jailed for several days and fined $25. The exact custody days and eventual appeal outcome remain unverified.

Andy Kovacovich was prosecuted under Pennsylvania's Sedition Act and convicted in June1924 according to Robert W. Dunn's contemporary report. While that conviction was on appeal, corporation police arrested him again in late1925 for distributing alleged radical literature. The report explicitly says he was jailed for several days and fined $25. The exact custody days and eventual appeal outcome remain unverified. Held in jail for several days and fined $25 according to Labor Defender, May1926. This is a separate episode from the June1924 conviction mentioned in the article; the source does not give exact actual custody endpoints or a precise day total.

Labor Defender, May1926, printed page70.

Case

Charges: Distributing alleged radical literature; separate late1925 rearrest during appeal of Pennsylvania Sedition Act conviction
Arrested: 1925
Sentence: Held in jail for several days and fined $25 according to Labor Defender, May1926. This is a separate episode from the June1924 conviction mentioned in the article; the source does not give exact actual custody endpoints or a precise day total.