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Jack Osborn

Era:1930s
State:California
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Biography

Jack Osborn was a Communist assembly candidate in California’s sixty-first district. A Los Angeles report published November 5, 1934 says police took him away while he sold New Masses and the Hunger Fighter at a Upton Sinclair rally. The officer cited an ordinance against selling pamphlets at a public meeting. Other workers secured his release, and Osborn returned to the rally. The printed surname is Osborn; no exact arrest day or final judgment is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1934/v3-n57-65-nov-1934.pdf#page=4

Case

Charges: Alleged violation of an ordinance against selling pamphlets at a public meeting.
Sentence: Taken away by a police officer and released after other workers intervened. No court sentence or exact custody duration reported.