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Ernest deMaio

Era:1930s
State:Connecticut
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Biography

United Electrical and Radio Workers organizer Ernest deMaio was arrested after a shop-gate meeting at deJur Amsco Radio Company in Shelton. The July 23 dispatch reports police brutally beat him, charged breach of the peace and released him on fifty dollars bond. The issue establishes actual arrest and release on bond but no exact incident day or trial result. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n177-NY-jul-24-1936-DW-Q.pdf#page=5

Case

Charges: Breach of the peace after a union shop-gate meeting at deJur Amsco Radio Company.
Sentence: Released on $50 bond following reported police beating; exact dates and final disposition unknown.