Biography
Jack Kimoto was an employee of the Honolulu Record, a progressive weekly, and was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smith Act during the McCarthy era. He was convicted in July 1953 of conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government.
The Fujimoto court record and the Supreme Court’s Sawyer opinion identify Jon Wiig as the judge presiding over the Hawaii Smith Act trial.
Court records name Jack Denichi Kimoto. Fisk reports a week jailed awaiting post-verdict bail; convictions were reversed in January 1958.
Fujimoto, 107 F. Supp. 865, counsel roster; Fisk, The Fire Last Time, printed pages 3026–3027.
