Biography
John S. Grant was a Black worker arrested in Queens, New York on June 10, 1934 on a grand-larceny complaint by former Transit Commission chief inspector Joseph P. Dougherty. The Daily Worker of November 7 reported the defense position that Grant had driven Dougherty’s car with permission and that the accusation followed an accident. Judge Thomas Downes postponed the trial to November 22. Grant’s conviction, sentence and release date are not established by this report.
