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Julian Crofton

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 8 Months 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Julian Crofton was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Douglas. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: born in London, England; Bruno Grunzig reported “he is an Englishman without papers hence illegally drafted. He is now in the guard house at Fort Riley, Kansas for refusing service. Will be tried shortly. Writes me that he shall refuse all prison labor regardless of the consequences. …

Case

Fort Douglas War Prison Barracks
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: May 1918
Released: 1920
Sentence: Held at Fort Douglas.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Utah