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Harold Wood

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1920s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 19 Days
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Biography

Harold Wood was arrested during a New York demonstration for Sacco and Vanzetti and imprisoned for distributing leaflets. The Daily Worker of October 13, 1927 reported that he had been released the preceding Tuesday after fifty days actually served, following a sixty-day sentence imposed by Justice Ewald at Jefferson Market Court.

Calculated incarceration date for the stay ending October 11, 1927: August 22, 1927. This is obtained by subtracting the reported 50 days actually served from the release date, using elapsed-day counting. It is a calculated date, not a separately documented admission date.

Calculated incarceration date

Calculated incarceration date for the stay ending October 11, 1927: August 22, 1927. This is obtained by subtracting the reported 50 days actually served from the release date, using elapsed-day counting. It is a calculated date, not a separately documented admission date.

Harold Wood was arrested during a New York demonstration for Sacco and Vanzetti and imprisoned for distributing leaflets. The Daily Worker of October 13, 1927 reported that he had been released the preceding Tuesday after fifty days actually served, following a sixty-day sentence imposed by Justice Ewald at Jefferson Market Court.

The article identifies the demonstration as August 20 and prints the institution as Records Island. The place name is preserved as the newspaper’s wording, without silently converting it to a different jail. Tuesday resolves to October 11, 1927. The explicit fifty days served is retained; the sixty-day nominal sentence is not substituted. No exact admission date is derived by subtracting fifty days or from the inconsistent demonstration-to-release arithmetic.

Daily Worker, October 13, 1927, PDF 5.

Case

Charges: Leaflet distribution during a Sacco–Vanzetti demonstration
Incarcerated: Aug 22, 1927
Released: Oct 11, 1927
Sentence: Sixty days imposed; newspaper explicitly reports fifty days actually served. Calculated incarceration date for the stay ending October 11, 1927: August 22, 1927. This is obtained by subtracting the reported 50 days actually served from the release date, using elapsed-day counting. It is a calculated date, not a separately documented admission date.
Judge: Justice Ewald, Jefferson Market Court