Charles Nusser

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Jersey
Support
Communism Anti-War Communist Party USA
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Biography

Charles Nusser was the New Jersey Communist Party secretary arrested in early 1951 under a 1918 state anti-subversive statute for handing out leaflets urging negotiation to end the Korean War. His bail was set at $30,000, then reduced to $1,500, and he was re-arrested in the campaign against the leafleting.

Case

Charges: Violating a 1918 New Jersey anti-subversive statute.
Sentence: Held on bail; faced up to two years. Charges as recorded: Violating a 1918 New Jersey anti-subversive statute — for distributing Korean War peace leaflets.
Convicted: Arrested and prosecuted; charges contested.

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