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Hugo DeGregory

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Hampshire
Support
Communism Civil Liberties
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Biography

Hugo DeGregory was a one-time Communist candidate for lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, jailed for civil contempt in New Hampshire for refusing — even after a grant of immunity — to answer Attorney General Louis Wyman's questions about Communist associations. He challenged the state's immunity statute in the case that became DeGregory v. Attorney General of New Hampshire.

Case

Charges: Contempt —
Sentence: Jailed for contempt; appealing Charges as recorded: Contempt — for refusing to answer a New Hampshire subversion probe
Convicted: Ordered jailed until he answered; challenging the immunity law