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Ann Davis

Era:1930s
State:California
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Revolt, October 1932, pages 5-6, individually names the six August 14 Los Angeles Olympic Stadium demonstrators for Tom Mooney's freedom and reports their September 1 sentences of nine months in Los Angeles county jail for disturbing the peace and a public meeting. This is the original imposed term, not nine months of proven service; subsequent appeal and release evidence remains preserved. The name is printed as Ann Davis. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/student-outlook/v01n01-oct-1932-revolt.pdf

Ann Davis was arrested at the Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on August 14, 1932, after joining a protest demanding freedom for Tom Mooney. Labor Defender names her among the young workers who ran onto the track wearing protest signs. Its October account reports a disturbance-of-the-peace/public-meeting prosecution before Judge Thurmond Clarke, a guilty verdict and a maximum 270-day jail sentence, with an ILD appeal. This is an imposed sentence, not proof of 270 days actually served. The article says six defendants but prints only five names; Ben “Boots” Schapiro is one named person. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1932/v08n10-oct-1932-LD.pdf#page=15; continuation PDF page 19.

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 878. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Disturbing the peace and a public meeting during the Free Tom Mooney Olympic Stadium demonstration.
Arrested: Aug 14, 1932
Sentenced: Sep 1, 1932
Sentence: Nine months imposed September 1, 1932; exact actual custody and discharge not established here.
Judge: Thurmond Clark (printed spelling)