Biography
Jovert Schouter was an unemployed marine worker prosecuted in New York following a demonstration at the Seamen's Institute. The Daily Worker of December 29, 1932, page 2, says workers had demanded access to clothing in bags withheld over small board debts. It reports that police arrested Schouter nine days after the demonstration in Jeanette Park and accused him of second-degree assault. The International Labor Defense alleged that police replaced his lunch with an iron bar and used the case to restrict marine workers' demonstrations. Judge Cornelius Collins presided, and sentencing was scheduled for January 6, 1933. The article reports a planned sentence, not an imposed term, and does not give the original demonstration or arrest day or the case's eventual outcome.
