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Bert C. Leech

Full name:Bert Leech
Gender:Male
Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Bert C. Leech was removed from Hunter College grounds when he arrived to deliver a peace address, according to MAN!.

The July–August 1935 MAN! reports Union Theological Seminary representative Bert C. Leech arrested and ousted from Hunter College grounds when he came to deliver a peace address before a student Peace Council. The heading explicitly reports arrest while the accompanying sentence specifies removal. It supplies no precise day, formal charge, sentence or measured detention duration. Source: https://bibdig.biblioteca.unesp.br/bitstreams/85e0ed91-7b89-4509-aaa3-24e9c2cba0a1/download#page=3

Case

Charges: Arrest and removal from Hunter College grounds during an attempted student peace address; statutory charge unprinted.
Sentence: Arrest and ouster reported; subsequent disposition, dates and complete duration unknown.