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César Gardez

Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
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Biography

A PIP member who testified about arrest, release and rearrest in 1950 for alleged shooting at the National Guard. He described nine days in prison and bail initially $125,000, reduced to $35,000. After a three-year trial delay he was sentenced to three months for carrying arms without credit for earlier custody. The trial delay is not counted as uninterrupted imprisonment. Source: José Manuel Dávila Marichal, Organizando la revolución: El Ejército Libertador del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico y la insurrección nacionalista de 1950 (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid doctoral thesis, 2020), physical/printed page 549; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Case

Charges: Alleged shooting at National Guard; ultimately carrying arms
Sentence: A PIP member who testified about arrest, release and rearrest in 1950 for alleged shooting at the National Guard. He described nine days in prison and bail initially $125,000, reduced to $35,000. After a three-year trial delay he was sentenced to three months for carrying arms without credit for earlier custody. The trial delay is not counted as uninterrupted imprisonment.
Convicted: Yes