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George W. Snell

Released
Date of birth:01. 12. 1867
Date of death:06. 08. 1920
Age:52† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Indiana
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 25 Days
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Anti-War
George W. Snell

Biography

George W. Snell was a farmer from Tyler, Texas. George W. Snell served a prison sentence in Atlanta Penitentiary from September 20, 1918, to October 15, 1920.

The presidential-clemency table in the 1921 Senate amnesty hearings records a sentence imposed September 20, 1918: One year and one day for seditious conspiracy. Commuted October 13, 1920 to expire at once; the recommendation says the defendants attended a meeting and voted against the draft. A pardon, commutation, nominal expiration or parole eligibility is not itself evidence of the day of physical release; the imposed or reduced term is not a measured time served.

Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners, 1921 Senate hearings, printed page 192.

Case

USP Atlanta
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Sentenced: Sep 20, 1918
Incarcerated: Sep 20, 1918
Released: Oct 15, 1920
Sentence: Six years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Georgia