Biography
John Spearman is named in contemporary reporting of political protest or labor-organizing-related arrest or confinement.
Workers Viewpoint of September 30–October 13, 1981 names anti-apartheid organizer John Spearman as arrested in Albany on September 21 before a protest against the South African rugby tour. It reports a stolen-car accusation and describes his detention preventing participation in the demonstration. The paper disputes the accusation; that partisan claim is not adopted as a court finding. No conviction, physical release or completed custody duration is supplied.
