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Charles Weaver

Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:Georgia
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Biography

Charles Weaver was a Black Atlanta worker arrested in the October 1934 raids on private homes. The Daily Worker, October 25, 1934, page 2 names him among eight defendants indicted by the Fulton County grand jury on October 23 for distributing insurrectionary literature under the law used against Angelo Herndon. Bail was set at $5,000 each. The article supplies no precise arrest or release day, conviction or imposed prison term. Its twenty-year figure describes potential punishment. Charles Weaver and Clarence Weaver are listed as separate defendants in the source.

Case

Charges: Distributing insurrectionary literature
Sentence: Held under $5,000 bail; final disposition and actual custody duration unknown.
Indicted: Indicted by the Fulton County grand jury on October 23, 1934.