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Jim Lechay

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Jim Lechay

Biography

Rose Lechay’s first-person article reports that police arrested her and Jim Lechay on May 27, 1934 after clearing spectators from the Tombs Court in New York. She describes being struck, thrown down and kicked, and Jim being beaten while officers held his arms. Both were held on $100 bail for disorderly conduct after the court refused parole to ILD attorney Tauber. Their trial on June 8 ended in thirty-day suspended sentences; the article documents actual pretrial detention but not an exact release or complete interval. The adjacent native photograph captions the pair from right to left as Rose Lechay and Jim Lechay, then ILD attorneys. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1934/v10n07-jul-1934-orig-LD.pdf#page=12

PDF page 4 prints James Lechay and reports release with Rose after the relief-protest arrest. This adds the given-name variant to the established paired identity without a duplicate or invented date. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1935/v11n01-jan-1935-orig-LD.pdf

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct after police cleared spectators from the Tombs Court.
Arrested: May 27, 1934
Sentenced: Jun 8, 1934
Sentence: Thirty days suspended. Actually detained before trial on $100 bail each; no proof of thirty days served or exact physical release.