Biography
O. B. Powell was a worker jailed in Stockton, California, on a vagrancy charge in 1934. An October 25 report said he had been held for three weeks and received a 180-day sentence and a $360 fine. The Western Worker described an appeal and a dispute over property bail; he remained jailed at the time of the report.
Sources and evidence limits
Full given names, exact admission/release days, final appeal outcome and actual sentence served remain unknown.
Historical claims are attributed to the contemporary newspaper. No present-day custody status, demographic classification or precise date is inferred.
