John Swinglish

Released
Date of birth:25. 03. 1944
Date of death:12. 04. 2017
Age:73† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
16 Days
Support
Anti-War Camden 28 Catholic Worker Movement
John Swinglish

Biography

John Swinglish was from Cleveland, Ohio, living in Washington DC and age 28 at indictment; he was a Navy veteran who did Defense Department research on nuclear guided-missile destroyers and formerly chaired the Catholic Peace Fellowship in DC. Indicted for criminal contempt after refusing to testify to the Harrisburg grand jury and named a co-conspirator there. Acquitted with the Camden 28 in 1973.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy and destruction of Selective Service records
Arrested: Aug 22, 1971
Incarcerated: Aug 22, 1971
Released: Sep 7, 1971
Sentence: No sentence — acquitted with all seventeen trial defendants on May 20, 1973. The FBI individual custody summary records arrest on August 22, 1971, a same-day hearing before U.S. Magistrate Charles L. Rudd and remand to U.S. Marshal custody in lieu of $50,000 bail. It records physical release on September 7, 1971, after posting ten percent cash or security on a $15,000 bond set by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on September 3. The bond-setting date is distinct from the actual release date. Source: FBI Camden/MEDBURG file NW 68262, DocId 32989529, PDF page 139.
Convicted: No

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