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John Vilarino

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:California
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

John Vilarino was one of the workers arrested at the Los Angeles May Day demonstration of 1 May 1930 — on charges of parading without a permit, battery and distributing handbills — and held in jail when eight of the eighteen arrested had their charges dropped.

Case

Los Angeles County Jail
Charges: Parading without a permit; battery; distributing handbills (Los Angeles May Day demonstration, 1930)
Arrested: May 1, 1930
Sentence: Jailed after the May Day demonstration.
Convicted: Held in the Los Angeles County Jail, 1930
Institution State: California