Biography
Charles Fujimoto was the chairman of the Communist Party of Hawaii and a lead defendant among the 'Hawaii Seven' arrested under the Smith Act in August 1951.
The Fujimoto court record and the Supreme Court’s Sawyer opinion identify Jon Wiig as the judge presiding over the Hawaii Smith Act trial.
Court records name Charles Kazuyuki Fujimoto. Fisk reports a week jailed awaiting post-verdict bail; convictions were reversed in January 1958.
Fujimoto, 107 F. Supp. 865, counsel roster; Fisk, The Fire Last Time, printed pages 3026–3027.
