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Stephen Chuck

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1930s
State:Illinois
Support
Communism Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

Stephen Chuck was one of thirteen workers charged with rioting after police attacked an anti-imperialist demonstration at the Japanese Consulate in Chicago on 12 March 1932; defending himself against police clubs, he shot and wounded three officers. All thirteen were acquitted.

Labor Defender, October 1932 (PDF page 19): Vern Smith’s review identifies ILD lawyer Albert Goldman as counsel who successfully defended thirteen workers charged with rioting after the March 12, 1932 demonstration at Chicago’s Japanese consulate. It describes Chuck firing after a police clubbing and Goldman arguing self-defense. These are the contemporary advocacy account’s claims, corroborating the existing case and acquittal rather than a new arrest. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1932/v08n10-oct-1932-LD.pdf#page=19

Case

Charges: Charged with rioting at the anti-Japan demonstration at the Chicago Japanese Consulate.
Arrested: Mar 12, 1932
Sentence: Held for trial; acquitted.
Convicted: No