Nat Ganley

Released
Date of birth:1903
Date of death:1969
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Michigan
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Nat Ganley

Biography

Nat Ganley was a Detroit Communist Party organizer prosecuted under the Smith Act. A jury convicted him on February 19, 1954, and the court sentenced him to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Unable to furnish the increased appeal bond, he was taken to the Wayne County jail and transferred ten days later to the federal correctional institution at Milan. An appeals court ordered a new trial in 1958, and the government abandoned the prosecution.

Case

Charges: Smith Act; conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government
Arrested: Sep 17, 1952
Sentenced: Feb 19, 1954
Incarcerated: Feb 19, 1954
Sentence: Five years in federal prison and a $10,000 fine. He was jailed February 19, 1954 pending appeal; the exact release-on-bond day remains unresolved.
Convicted: Yes

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