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George Blackwell

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Page 2 names George Blackwell, a painter, among four workers arrested during the July 26 Bremen anti-Nazi demonstration. Their July 29 hearing was postponed until July 31 at West Fifty-Fourth Street Court. Bail was set at $2,500 each; the enlarged original confirms that figure. No individual formal count, bail payment, release or eventual disposition is stated. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n181-NAT-jul-30-1935-DW-Q.pdf

Pages 1–2 report the August 7 West Side Court proceedings: existing felonious-assault charges and a prosecutor’s request for an unlawful-assemblage complaint alleging a plan to board the Bremen and remove the swastika. Attorneys Joseph Tauber and Edward Kuntz protested, and no additional bail was set. The cases were adjourned until August 14, without a verdict or established discharge. The five appearing defendants are distinguished from hospitalized Edward Drolette and separately charged station protesters. Page 4 announces the five as future cruise guests; that announcement alone supplies no release date. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n189-NAT-aug-08-1935-DW-Q.pdf

Case

Charges: Felonious assault arising from the July 26, 1935 Bremen anti-Nazi demonstration; August 7 report also describes a proposed unlawful-assemblage complaint alleging a plan to board and remove the swastika.
Arrested: Jul 26, 1935
Sentence: Bail set at $2,500; hearing postponed from July 29 to July 31, 1935. Posting of bail and release unconfirmed.