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Vincent Santilli

AKA: Vincent Santelli
Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13580
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 9 Months
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Vincent Santilli

Biography

Vincent Santilli was a miner from Sacramento, California. Vincent Santilli was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in local county jails and Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 1917 to September 1, 1923.

The March1920 One Big Union Monthly roster identifies Vincent Santelli and reports: Federal . Indicted Sacramento , Feb. 8 , 1918. Conpiracyto violate Sections 6 , 9 , 19 and 37 and Section 4 of Espionage Act Convicted , 10 year sentence . Bail , $ 10,000 . Leavenworth Federal prison. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=18

The March1922 official report lists Vincent Santilli in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act. a sentence of January 17, 1919, 10 years at Leavenworth.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF17]

Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 17.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Incarcerated: December 1917
Released: Sep 1, 1923
Sentence: Ten years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Indicted: 1918-02-08
Institution State: Kansas