Martin Robbins

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Civil Liberties American Labor Party
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Biography

Martin Robbins, a World War II veteran, was arrested with Olava Skottedal in Babylon, Long Island in 1951 for distributing the National Guardian and an American Labor Party peace petition, and faced up to two years for the leafleting.

Case

Charges: Distributing literature / a peace petition — under a local ordinance.
Sentence: Held on $500 bail; faced up to two years.
Convicted: Arrested and prosecuted; denied a jury trial.

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