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Ben Harper

Era:1920s
State:New York
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Biography

Arrested Saturday July 20, 1929 at the Young Pioneer demonstration against the militarist Boy Scout jamboree, on the Hudson River pier at Fourteenth Street. Pages 1 and 5 name four arrested: Harper, Eisman, Efron/Efren and Silver. District director of the Young Pioneers, seized as he spoke at the pier. He, Murray Silver and Sol Efron appeared before Magistrate Vitale on July 21; the case was adjourned until Thursday. That adjournment is not a verdict or discharge. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n116-NY-jul-22-1929-DW-LOC.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 421. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Arrest during the July 20, 1929 Young Pioneer anti-jamboree waterfront demonstration; statutory count unprinted.
Arrested: Jul 20, 1929
Sentence: Initial court appearance adjourned; no sentence, physical release or full custody total established.
Judge: Vitale (initial adult court)