Biography
Richard Hongisto, San Francisco sheriff, spent five days in jail for contempt of court after failing to carry out an earlier order to evict tenants of the International Hotel. The Militant reported the detention in its August 26, 1977 account of the tenants’ struggle. Hongisto subsequently led the August 4 eviction operation. The source does not give the dates of his five-day detention or establish the legal classification of the contempt.
The Militant reports that San Francisco sheriff Richard Hongisto served five days in jail for contempt after failing to carry out an earlier International Hotel eviction order. The account supplies no exact custody endpoints and is preserved as evidence for the existing episode. The Militant, August 26, 1977, volume41number31, original PDF page 18. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1977/4131/MIL4131.pdf#page=18
Richard Hongisto, San Francisco sheriff, spent five days in jail for contempt of court after failing to carry out an earlier order to evict tenants of the International Hotel. The Militant reported the detention in its August 26, 1977 account of the tenants’ struggle. Hongisto subsequently led the August 4 eviction operation. The source does not give the dates of his five-day detention or establish the legal classification of the contempt.
Historical record; unknown custody endpoints remain blank.
The brief says Hongisto had been sentenced for contempt over refusal to evict International Hotel tenants and had now served eviction notices. It gives no actual admission or discharge day. The act of serving a notice is distinct from imprisonment, and this prospective eviction account does not override his later documented five actual days jailed.
