Morris Stupnicker

AKA: Morris Stupniker; Morris Stupnickers; Morriss Stupnicker

Released

Gender:Male

Era:1910s

State:New York

Time Imprisoned:

19 Days

Support

International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)

Biography

Morris Stupnicker was an International Ladies Garment Workers Union cloakmakers’ union organizer detained in the prosecution arising from Herman Liebowitz’s death during the 1910 New York cloakmakers’ strike. He was acquitted at the end of the trial.

Cases

Charges: Murder accusation connected to the 1910 cloakmakers strike; preliminary 1914 detention

Arrested: Apr 6, 1914

Incarcerated: Apr 6, 1914

Released: 1914

Sentence: Arrested and held without bail in April 1914, then released on bail before the union convention. The prosecution remained pending, with repeated adjournments. The exact bail-release day is not established. This initial custody is separate from the later 1915 recommitments; no conviction or prison sentence resulted.

Charges: Murder accusation connected to the 1910 cloakmakers strike; May 1915 pretrial detention

Arrested: May 11, 1915

Incarcerated: May 11, 1915

Released: 1915

Sentence: Arrested May 11, 1915 and detained without bail. A July 1915 message from the Tombs bears his name. Bail was set on August 7; the actual day he left jail is unverified and is not equated with the bail-order date. The later September 19 return to jail establishes an intervening release. This is the first 1915 custody segment, not continuous detention through trial.

Charges: First-degree murder charge; acquitted

Incarcerated: Sep 19, 1915

Released: Oct 8, 1915

Sentence: Returned to jail September 19, 1915 for the first-degree murder trial, which began September 23. The jury acquitted him October 8, 1915. Contemporary reporting describes the five acquitted defendants leaving for home that evening. No prison sentence was imposed. This is the separate trial-custody segment after the earlier release on bail.

Morris Stupnicker

Biography

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