J.R. Robertson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

J.R. Robertson was an officer of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) convicted of perjury as a co-defendant and character witness in the Harry Bridges denaturalization-perjury case during the McCarthy era. He was prosecuted in San Francisco.

Case

Charges: Perjury (as a co-defendant and character witness in the Harry Bridges case)
Sentence: Unknown Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted of perjury, San Francisco
Convicted: Yes

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