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Mabel Husa

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:New York
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Mabel Husa

Biography

Mabel Husa was a Young Communist League summer-camp leader at Van Etten, New York convicted in 1930 under the state penal code for "insulting" the flag and sentenced to three months in jail and a $50 fine, held in the Monroe County Penitentiary in Rochester.

Case

Monroe County Penitentiary
Charges: "Insulting" the flag under the New York penal code (Young Communist League camp, Van Etten)
Arrested: 1930
Sentence: Three months and a $50 fine at the Monroe County Penitentiary, Elmira.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New York