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Borgris

Era:1930s
State:Connecticut
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Biography

Borgris is the spelling printed in the native page; no first name, exact day or actual served total is supplied.

Rose Ross's letter from New Haven County Jail identifies Borgris as a fellow Waterbury defendant who was brutally beaten and received a three-month jail sentence. Ross links the prosecution to work rousing young workers to class consciousness and thanks the International Labor Defense for the defense. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1930/v05n06-jun-1930-LD.pdf#page=20

Case

Charges: Political organizing prosecution; precise statutory count unprinted.
Sentence: Three-month imposed jail sentence; actual endpoints and complete service unknown.