James Oliver

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Kentucky
Support
Labor Organizing National Miners Union
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Biography

James Oliver was a Harlan-area coal miner indicted for murder in the frame-ups that followed the 5 May 1931 Battle of Evarts and the Kentucky coal war, held awaiting trial in the Clark County Jail.

Case

Clark County Jail
Charges: Indicted for murder in the Harlan County coal war.
Arrested: 1931
Sentence: Held in the Kentucky jails awaiting trial.
Convicted: Held awaiting trial, 1931–32
Institution State: Kentucky

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