Harry Sacher

Released
Date of birth:22. 08. 1902
Date of death:22. 05. 1963
Age:60† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Harry Sacher was a defense attorney at the 1949 Foley Square trial of the eleven Communist Party leaders. For his courtroom defense, Judge Harold Medina found him in contempt and sentenced him to prison; the Supreme Court upheld the contempt convictions of the lawyers in 1952 (Sacher v. United States), and he was also subjected to disbarment proceedings.

Case

Charges: Contempt of court.
Sentence: Six months in prison. Verdict as recorded: Convicted of contempt (upheld in Sacher v. United States, 1952); jailed and faced disbarment. Charges as recorded: Contempt of court — for defending the eleven Communist leaders at the Foley Square Smith Act trial.
Convicted: Yes

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