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Edward S. Carey

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#Leavenworth register 13585 (historical)
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Edward S. Carey

Biography

Edward S. Carey was from New York, New York. Edward S. Carey was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to five years in prison.

The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster, under the printed name CAREY , ED S., reports: Federal . Indicted Sacramento , Cal . , Feb. 8 , 1918. Conspiracy to violate Sections 6, 9 , 19 and 37 and Section 4 of Espionage Act . Bail , $ 10 ,- 000. Sentenced to 5 years . Bond , $ 5,000 . Leavenworth Federal prison. This is the contemporary labor organization’s account. Indictment, bail and imposed sentence are distinguished from physical admission, actual release and complete time served; no missing custody endpoint is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=8

The March1922 official report lists Edward S. Carey in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, ete. a sentence of January 17, 1919, 5 years, Leavenworth.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF5]

Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 5.

Case

Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Sentence: Five years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).