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Harry Brewer

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13562
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 4 Months
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Harry Brewer

Biography

Harry Brewer was a railroad man from Sacramento, California. Harry Brewer was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from August 1918 to December 22, 1923.

Sacramento conviction; ten-year Leavenworth term imposed January17,1919. Projected October12,1925 expiration and May24,1922 parole eligibility are not actual release. [PDF5]

Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 5.

Case

Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Incarcerated: August 1918
Released: Dec 22, 1923
Sentence: Ten years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).