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Harry Cornelius

Era:1930s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 6 Months
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Biography

Harry Cornelius was imprisoned for violating an injunction during a New York cafeteria strike. The Daily Worker of December 2, 1930 reports that he and Steve Stevenson had just been released after actually serving a year and a half in prison.

Harry Cornelius was imprisoned for violating an injunction during a New York cafeteria strike. The Daily Worker of December 2, 1930 reports that he and Steve Stevenson had just been released after actually serving a year and a half in prison. The contemporary report states that he had actually served a year and a half before release; neither exact endpoint nor prison is named.

Daily Worker, December 2, 1930, original page 2.

Case

Charges: Violating an injunction during the cafeteria strike
Sentence: The contemporary report states that he had actually served a year and a half before release; neither exact endpoint nor prison is named.