Lester Peay

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
10 Months
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Biography

Lester Peay was a picket in the 1950 New Kensington clothing-store dispute. He served ten months in the resulting prosecution. After his conviction was overturned, a March 1952 retrial ended in a suspended sentence.

The March 1952 retrial was held in Ebensburg before Judge John McCann. Lester Peay received a suspended ten-month sentence. The suspended sentence did not add another ten months of imprisonment.

National Guardian, March 26, 1952, p.4.

Case

Charges: Obstructing an officer; assault and battery; aggravated assault and battery
Arrested: Mar 18, 1950
Sentence: One year plus three years originally imposed. Reversed December 19, 1951. Ten months actually served. Convicted again in March 1952; ten-month sentence suspended.
Judge: John McCann (March 1952 retrial)

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