James Victory

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:Michigan
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Biography

James Victory was a Black worker of Detroit framed on a robbery charge in a 1934 case the ILD publicized as a "northern Scottsboro"; a mass defense won his acquittal.

Case

Charges: Framed on a robbery charge at Detroit.
Arrested: 1934
Sentence: Held on the frame-up; acquitted after mass defense. Charges as recorded: Framed on a robbery charge at Detroit — a "northern Scottsboro" case.
Convicted: Held for trial, 1934; acquitted

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