John G. Weiler

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism
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Biography

John G. Weiler was a member of the Communist Labor Party convicted under California's Criminal Syndicalism Act and sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to fourteen years. He was confined at San Quentin State Prison from February 1921 and paroled in May 1923.

The case concerned Communist Labor Party organisation or membership. An earlier version of this record classified it as a federal Espionage or Sedition Act prosecution, which it was not.

His documented custody span is roughly two years and three months, calculated from month-only dates rather than from any statement of time served.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: California Criminal Syndicalism Act prosecution (Statutes of 1919, ch. 188), concerning Communist Labor Party organisation or membership. Not a federal Espionage or Sedition Act case.
Incarcerated: February 1921
Released: May 1923
Sentence: Indeterminate term of one to fourteen years. Confined at San Quentin State Prison from February 1921 and paroled in May 1923. Both dates are month-only, so the recorded span of roughly two years and three months is calculated rather than documented.
Convicted: Yes — the record states a sentence received and a term served at San Quentin State Prison.
Institution State: California

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