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G. T. Bryant

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year
Support
Socialism Anti-War Socialist Party of America
G. T. Bryant

Biography

G. T. Bryant was a twenty-year member of the Socialist Party at the time of his arrest and a state organizer for the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of Texas. G. T. Bryant came from Ranger, Texas. He was sentenced to six years in prison and sewed in Leavenworth Penitentiary. His wife and two children suffered extreme poverty because of Biyant's imprisonment.

The March1922 official report lists G. T. Bryant in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy to overthrow and destroy by force the Government of the United States. a sentence of December 13, 1919, 6 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

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Sentenced: Dec 13, 1919
Sentence: Six years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas