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Juan Emmanuelli

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
Support
Communism Puerto Rican Independence
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Biography

Juan Emmanuelli was one of the eleven defendants in Puerto Rico's first Smith Act case. A former Communist no longer a party member by the time of trial, he was indicted with the others in San Juan for conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government.

Case

Charges: Smith Act; conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government
Arrested: October 1954
Sentence: Faced a mainland prison term if convicted
Judge: Clemente Ruiz Nazario
Indicted: October 27, 1954 — federal grand jury, San Juan