Biography
Mickey J. Dunn was an Oakland member of the Industrial Workers of the World convicted under California's Criminal Syndicalism Act and sentenced to five years. He was confined at San Quentin State Prison from November 1921 until January 1926 as prisoner number 35564.
This was a state prosecution. An earlier version of this record classified it as a federal Espionage or Sedition Act case.
The recorded span of roughly four years and two months is calculated from month-only dates rather than from any statement of time served. The exact days of arrest, conviction, sentencing, admission and release are unresolved, as are his vital dates and any appeal history.
The International Labor Defense holiday roster in the December 29, 1925 Daily Worker lists this prisoner, printed as M. J. Dunn, at San Quentin California. Its printed identifier is 35534; this is a prison number or mailing designation, not a year or a custody date. The printed 35534 conflicts with the existing 35564 number; neither is silently replaced. This documents confinement at the roster’s reporting time, without establishing an admission, transfer, release, new conviction or complete duration. Existing independently sourced custody chronology remains separate. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1925/1925-ny/v02b-n297-NYE-dec-29-1925-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5
