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Lillian Lewis

Era:1930s
State:California
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Biography

Lillian Lewis was named in the November 22, 1934 Western Worker continuation listing San Francisco Jefferson Park meeting defendants with Mini Carson and Charles White. The paper schedules December 4 trial and describes the charges collectively as speaking without permits, resisting arrest or interfering with an officer. Exact individual arrest and release dates and the verdict are unreported. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1934/v3-n57-65-nov-1934.pdf#page=16

The July 9 Western Worker individually names Lillian Lewis among four ILD visitors arrested on vagrancy charges after visiting jailed maritime strikers. Sylvester Sylva was then arrested while visiting her and racially targeted for visiting a white woman Communist. The source establishes a June or early July 1934 San Francisco custody episode distinct from the later JeffersonPark prosecution, but no exact personal release or total. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1934/v3-n27-31-jul-1934.pdf#page=6

Cases

Charges: Speaking without a permit, resisting arrest or interfering with an officer at a San Francisco Jefferson Park meeting; individual counts not separated.
Sentence: December 4 trial scheduled; resulting verdict, sentence and physical release unreported.
Charges: Vagrancy after visiting jailed San Francisco maritime strikers with an International Labor Defense delegation.
Arrested: 1934
Sentence: Actual arrest and continued court investigation reported in June or early July 1934. Exact physical discharge, final disposition and completed duration unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1934/v3-n27-31-jul-1934.pdf#page=6
Judge: Steiger