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B. Ross (Buffalo unemployment defendant, 1930)

Full name:B. Ross
Era:1930s
State:New York
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B. Ross (Buffalo unemployment defendant, 1930)

Biography

The May1930 Labor Defender identifies B.Ross in the Buffalo workers’ photograph, back row second from left, among workers jailed after demands for work or wages. Its caption gives a thirty-day sentence. No full given name, exact arrest or discharge day, or complete time actually served is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1930/v05n05-may-1930-LD.pdf#page=12

Case

Charges: Buffalo unemployment-demonstration prosecution; statutory charge not supplied.
Sentence: Thirty-day nominal jail sentence; actual jail reported, completed service unknown.