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John Luginbill

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Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Indiana
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Biography

John Luginbill was a Vietnam-era draft resister and attender of Community Meeting in Cincinnati. He was jailed after taking his own draft board file.

The September 1, 1971 Sufferings notice reports Luginbill recently arrested for taking his own draft-board file, charged with stealing US government property, and transferred from Newport City Jail to Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It identifies him as an attender of Community Meeting in Cincinnati. No exact arrest or transfer day is supplied. Source: https://friendsjournal.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/friendsjournal/wp-content/uploads/emember/downloads/1971/HC12-50503.pdf#page=31

Friends Journal reported Luginbill at Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne, Indiana, under a six-month sentence for taking his own draft file.

Original document 1235, PDF page 33.

Case

Charges: Stealing United States government property: taking his own draft board file
Sentence: Friends Journal reported his transfer from Newport City Jail to Allen County Jail, Fort Wayne, in September1971 and continued confinement there in November. The later report gives a six-month sentence. Actual total duration and exact custody endpoints remain unverified.