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Harry Yount

Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:Montana
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Biography

Harry Yount was jailed in Fergus County during a sedition prosecution over criticism of wartime government, business interests and the treatment of working people. He escaped from the county jail on November 6, 1918. Prosecutors dismissed the charge on December 29, 1920, because they could not locate him.

Case

Fergus County Jail
Charges: Montana state sedition prosecution, Fergus County, case 1128.
Sentence: Held pending a sedition prosecution; escaped November 6, 1918. Charge dismissed December 29, 1920.
Convicted: No
Institution State: Montana