J. L. Williamson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:New York
Support
Communism Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

J. L. Williamson was a sixty-seven-year-old Spanish–American War veteran and American Legion charter member framed on a "petty larceny" charge — arrested carrying Ex-Servicemen's League and Anti-Imperialist League cards — and sentenced to three years on Welfare Island, New York. Held four months in the Tombs awaiting trial, he had been imprisoned since September 1928.

Case

Welfare Island
Charges: Framed on a petty-larceny charge.
Incarcerated: September 1928
Released: September 1931
Sentence: Three years on Welfare Island; imprisoned since September 1928. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, sentenced to three years Charges as recorded: Framed on a petty-larceny charge for carrying Ex-Servicemen's League and Anti-Imperialist League cards.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New York

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