John Levering

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

John Levering was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: interviewed by Bd.; tried not as a C.O. but as a perjurer; court-martialed & sentenced to 10 years in prison; reason for stance = religious

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to 10 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 27) ??.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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