John Wesley Bryant

AKA: John Bryant
Released
Era:1960s
State:Florida
Support
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Biography

John Wesley Bryant was a St. Petersburg member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee arrested and jailed during the December 29, 1966 City Hall mural protest. His municipal trial resulted in a disorderly-conduct conviction, while a charge of destroying public property was dropped. He was one of four defendants acquitted of grand larceny in May 1967. His detention preceded those verdicts; an exact release date has not been verified.

Case

Charges: Grand larceny (state); disorderly conduct and destruction of public property (municipal), arising from the 1966 St. Petersburg mural protest.
Arrested: Dec 29, 1966
Incarcerated: Dec 29, 1966
Sentence: Held after arrest and transferred with the other five defendants to the Pinellas County jail in downtown Clearwater on December 30, 1966. Cutting reports a January 3, 1967 bond reduction that enabled release for defendants other than Wall, but does not establish Bryant's individual release day. At the January 30 municipal trial, sentencing for disorderly conduct was deferred pending a background check; the final individual sentence has not been verified. No state grand-larceny sentence: acquitted.
Judge: Henry Esteva (municipal); Charles M. Phillips (state)
Convicted: Acquitted of grand larceny in May 1967. Municipal court: disorderly-conduct conviction January 30, 1967; destruction-of-public-property charge dropped.

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