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Lilian Posner

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Lilian Posner was arrested Saturday, December 28, 1935 during the May’s department-store strike in Brooklyn after a fifteen-minute speech from the elevated structure opposite the shop. The account says eighteen pickets were taken into custody and brought before Magistrate Charles Solomon on December 29. Trial was scheduled December 31; no final verdict, individual physical discharge or completed duration is supplied. Daily Worker, December 30, 1935, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n314-NY-dec-30-DW-Q.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct during May’s department-store strike.
Arrested: Dec 28, 1935
Sentence: Lilian Posner was arrested Saturday, December 28, 1935 during the May’s department-store strike in Brooklyn after a fifteen-minute speech from the elevated structure opposite the shop. The account says eighteen pickets were taken into custody and brought before Magistrate Charles Solomon on December 29. Trial was scheduled December 31; no final verdict, individual physical discharge or completed duration is supplied. Daily Worker, December 30, 1935, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n314-NY-dec-30-DW-Q.pdf#page=3
Judge: Charles Solomon