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George Frosig

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Minnesota
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George Frosig

Biography

George Frosig was vice president of Minneapolis Local 544-CIO. He was prosecuted alongside union officers, rank-and-file workers, and Socialist Workers Party organizers in the 1941 Minneapolis case. Contemporary trial coverage identifies him among the acquitted defendants who continued assisting their co-defendants’ defense. On November 18, 1941, the judge directed his acquittal. No Smith Act prison sentence was imposed; any brief pretrial custody has not been quantified.

Case

Charges: Smith Act advocacy charge and separate seditious-conspiracy count; Minneapolis prosecution of Socialist Workers Party and Local 544-CIO defendants.
Sentence: No sentence imposed in this prosecution. Acquittal is not used as a release date or evidence of a specific custody duration.
Judge: Matthew M. Joyce
Indicted: July 15, 1941.
Convicted: No