Biography
James Phillips was a seaman from Boston, Massachusetts. James Phillips was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000. He served in the Cook County Jail and Leavenworth Penitentiary from March 1918 to June 18, 1922. Phillips was deported after his release from prison.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly roster, printed as PHILLIPS , JAMES, reports: Federal . Indicted Chicago , Sept. 28, 1917. Conspiracy to violate Sections 6 , 19 and 37 and Section 4 of Espionage Act. Convicted , 5 -year sentence . Bail , $ 5,000 . Leavenworth Federal prison. The roster is a contemporary labor-defense account. Its indictment, bail and imposed-term information is kept distinct from actual admission/release and complete time served; no missing gate date is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=17
The March1922 official report lists James Phillips in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Seditious conspiracy, etc. a sentence of August 30, 1918, 5 years at Leavenworth.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF15]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 15.
