Joseph R. Dunlop

Released
Date of birth:1848
Date of death:1926
Age:78† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 9 Months 6 Days
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Joseph R. Dunlop

Biography

Joseph R. Dunlop was the editor of the Chicago Dispatch. In the 1890s he was prosecuted under the Comstock postal-obscenity law and sentenced to two years for circulating "obscene" literature through the mails — one of the era's many press prosecutions defended by the free-thought and anarchist papers. He was committed to the Joliet penitentiary on May 4, 1897 and released on February 10, 1899. (died 1926)

Case

Joliet Penitentiary
Charges: Circulating "obscene" literature through the mails (Comstock Act), as editor of the Chicago Dispatch.
Incarcerated: May 4, 1897
Released: Feb 10, 1899
Sentence: Two years in prison. Committed to the Joliet penitentiary on May 4, 1897 and released on February 10, 1899.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Illinois

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