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Harold Keithline

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Harold Keithline was among seven workers arrested at the May 26, 1934 unemployment demonstration at 50 Lafayette Street in New York and convicted of unlawful assembly in Special Sessions Court on October 16, according to the Daily Worker of October 17, 1934, page 1. The report describes a police attack on the demonstration, names the seven convicted workers, and says three others were acquitted. Sentencing was scheduled for October 30; this article establishes neither an imposed sentence nor continued custody from May through October. Complete actual duration, bail history and final release are unknown. The police-violence account is attributed to the newspaper. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n249-NAT-oct-17-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1.

Case

Charges: Unlawful assembly at May 26, 1934 unemployment demonstration, 50 Lafayette Street, New York.
Arrested: May 26, 1934
Sentence: Convicted October 16, 1934 at Special Sessions; sentencing scheduled for October 30. No imposed term or complete actual duration established.
Convicted: Yes