Walter Hagstrom

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Minnesota
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Biography

Walter Hagstrom was an organizer for Minneapolis Local 544-CIO. Federal prosecutors included him in the 1941 case against the union’s officers and supporters and leaders of the Socialist Workers Party. After the judge acquitted him, he continued working with fellow defendants to support the remaining defense. On November 18, 1941, the judge directed his acquittal. No Smith Act prison sentence was imposed; any brief pretrial custody has not been quantified.

Case

Charges: Smith Act advocacy charge and separate seditious-conspiracy count; Minneapolis prosecution of Socialist Workers Party and Local 544-CIO defendants.
Sentence: No sentence imposed in this prosecution. Acquittal is not used as a release date or evidence of a specific custody duration.
Judge: Matthew M. Joyce
Indicted: July 15, 1941.
Convicted: No

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