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Francel Evanoff

Era:1920s
State:Ohio
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Biography

Francel Evanoff, a Pennsylvania Railroad laborer and local Socialist Labor Party secretary in Mansfield, Ohio, was arrested by a federal agent and held incommunicado without a warrant or sufficient stated cause, according to the ACLU account. Attorney George W. Biddle obtained permission to present a habeas corpus writ before he was released. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/vol/v11n583-jan-26-1923-VOL.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Political detention of a Socialist Labor Party secretary; no formal count supplied.
Sentence: Released after attorney obtained access for habeas corpus; exact detention endpoints unprinted.