Kelly Postal

Released
Date of death:20. 07. 1958
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Minnesota
Time Imprisoned:
9 Months
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Kelly Postal

Biography

Kelly Postal was secretary-treasurer of Minneapolis Local 544-CIO. The union supported truck drivers and organized workers on federal relief projects. Alongside the federal Smith Act prosecution, Postal faced a separate Minnesota embezzlement case arising from the dispute over the union treasury after Local 544 joined the CIO. He was acquitted in the federal case. In the state case he received a five-year sentence and served nine months, according to the published historical account. On December 1, 1941, the jury acquitted him on both counts. No Smith Act prison sentence was imposed; any brief pretrial custody has not been quantified.

Cases

Charges: Smith Act advocacy charge and separate seditious-conspiracy count; Minneapolis prosecution of Socialist Workers Party and Local 544-CIO defendants.
Sentence: No sentence imposed in this prosecution. Acquittal is not used as a release date or evidence of a specific custody duration.
Judge: Matthew M. Joyce
Indicted: July 15, 1941.
Convicted: No
Charges: Minnesota state embezzlement prosecution concerning the Local 544 treasury following the union’s transfer to the CIO; separate from the Smith Act trial.
Released: May 30, 1944
Sentence: Five years imposed; historical account documents nine months actually served.
Convicted: Yes

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