Biography
James B. Carr was a defendant in the prosecution following the Phoenix relief-workers’ strike of 1934. An October 23 dispatch in the Western Worker named James B. Carr among those already released on bail while other defendants remained detained.
A later account in the Daily Worker of December 12, 1934, page 3, identifies Carr as a militant Socialist and a defense witness at Clay Naff's riot trial. It reports that he was sentenced to jail after refusing to remain silent about the prosecution. Brought before the court shortly before the defense rested, Carr announced a hunger strike against the judgment and was returned to his cell after testifying. This is a subsequent courtroom jailing, distinct from his earlier release on bail in the relief-strike prosecution. The source gives no exact commitment or release date, formal charge or sentence length.
Sources and evidence limits
Birth and death dates, final case outcome and exact total custody time are not established here. Exact individual custody dates are not given.
Historical claims are attributed to the contemporary newspaper. No present-day custody status, demographic classification or precise date is inferred.
The Daily Worker of October 23, 1934, page 3, names twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution. It reports their demand for separate jury trials, a delayed arraignment because Judge H. C. Speakman was absent, and an objection by Judge G. A. Rodgers to differing bail amounts on the same riot charge. Thomas J. Croaff is named as defense counsel. The arrests followed the September 6 demonstration attacked by police and deputies under Governor Moeur. This is a pretrial report, not an additional arrest, imposed sentence or continuous custody measurement. Allegations of political targeting and official violence are attributed to the newspaper.
The October 23 Phoenix dispatch names Carr among relief-strike defendants already out on bail. This is earlier bail evidence, distinct from the separately sourced later courtroom jailing.