Biography
James B. Roberts was named in the March 14, 1932 Daily Worker appeal for the imprisoned Kentucky National Miners Union strike cohort. The report explicitly says the later group, including Mason, Yeary, Roberts and Johnson, had been sent to Pineville or Middlesboro after the January 4 headquarters arrests and was among nineteen prisoners still confined in the district. It describes a labor-defense campaign against their prosecution and poor jail conditions. The source does not assign this individual a particular admission day, distinguish Pineville from Middlesboro, or establish physical discharge or a complete term. The announced May 26 trial was still in the future. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n062-NY-mar-14-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5
