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Joseph Andrews

Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Joseph Andrews was a Washington County coal-strike defendant. The November 20 dispatch reports a six-month sentence to the Blawnox workhouse, a one-dollar fine and costs, on charges of felonious assault, pointing firearms and assault. No arrest day, exact sentence day, physical admission or actual discharge is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n281-NY-nov-23-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

The November 24, 1931 report individually lists this National Miners Union strike prisoner at Allegheny County Workhouse, Blawnox. The roster establishes actual confinement during the mine-strike repression. It does not supply an individual statutory count, exact initial arrest, physical release or completed custody duration. Daily Worker, November 24, 1931, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n282-NY-nov-24-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

Case

Allegheny County Workhouse
Charges: Felonious assault, pointing firearms and assault arising from the Washington County miners’ strike.
Sentence: Six months in the Blawnox workhouse, a $1 fine and costs; actual custody endpoints and duration not established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n281-NY-nov-23-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
Institution State: Pennsylvania