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Antonio Boni

Gender:Male
Era:1930s
State:Michigan
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Antonio Boni was arrested in 1933.

Abner Green’s October 1936 account identifies Tony (Antonio) Boni as arrested and searched by Detroit police in 1933 after distributing handbills advertising a Detroit Unemployment Council mass meeting. Attorney Max Barshal questioned patrolman Leffard Huntley about the absence of a warrant; Green quotes Huntley as saying police did not need one and describes him as a specialist in Communism. The report establishes actual arrest in a political-leafleting context, but no precise day, statutory count, physical discharge or completed duration. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1936/v12-%5B10%5Dn10-oct-1936-orig-LD.pdf#page=17

Case

Charges: Arrest and search following distribution of Detroit Unemployment Council meeting handbills; statutory charge unprinted.
Arrested: 1933
Sentence: Actual arrest reported; final outcome and exact physical custody endpoints unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1936/v12-%5B10%5Dn10-oct-1936-orig-LD.pdf#page=17