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Rose Kohn

Era:1920s
State:Ohio
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Biography

Rose Kohn was a Young Communist League member and Communist candidate for the Cleveland city council. Police arrested her for speaking at an outdoor Communist meeting on August26,1929. The November14 Cleveland dispatch reports a one-year probation sentence by Judge Sewicki on a disorderly-conduct charge after repeated postponements. Probation is not a year in prison; the article does not establish an actual jail duration or physical discharge. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n216-NY-nov-15-1929-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct for speaking at an outdoor Communist meeting.
Arrested: Aug 26, 1929
Sentence: One year of probation reported November14,1929; no one-year prison term or completed jail service is inferred.
Judge: Sewicki
Convicted: Yes