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Victor Johnson (Modesto maritime defendant, 1935)

Full name:Victor Johnson
Era:1930s
State:California
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Victor Johnson (Modesto maritime defendant, 1935)

Biography

Individually named in the caption identifying the eight Modesto maritime defendants in this union history. The report describes the April 20, 1935 tanker-strike arrest outside Patterson, county-jail detention, trial and conviction only on reckless and malicious dynamite possession. It says conspiracy and blackjack counts resulted in acquittal, another count was dismissed, and the prison terms ranged from six months to five years. Defendants alleged planted evidence and the union described a frame-up; those are attributed claims. The source does not identify his individual release or precise sentence. Source: https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/72115/files/lb001135.pdf#page=35

Case

Charges: Reckless and malicious possession of dynamite on a public highway during the 1935 tanker strike.
Arrested: Apr 20, 1935
Sentence: Actual county-jail confinement and subsequent prison sentence reported among eight Modesto defendants; group sentence range six months to five years, not an individual exact term or measured service.