Biography
Victor Privat of Ketchum, Oklahoma, was sentenced to two years in prison under the Espionage Act. He served at Leavenworth Penitentiary from November 1917 until May 8, 1919. The exact November admission day has not been established.
The Eastern District of Oklahoma row records two years, commuted April 22, 1919 to expire May 1; actual departure on commutation is separately recorded May 8, 1919. The table separately identifies sentencing, nominal judgment and circumstances of execution; no new jail admission or actual-service counter is inferred.
1921 Senate amnesty hearings, printed page 97 (PDF page 104).
The presidential-clemency table in the 1921 Senate amnesty hearings records a sentence imposed January 4, 1918: Two years at Leavenworth. Commuted April 22, 1919 to expire May 1, 1919. A pardon, commutation, nominal expiration or parole eligibility is not itself evidence of the day of physical release; the imposed or reduced term is not a measured time served.
Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners, 1921 Senate hearings, printed page 183.
