Roy House

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1920s
Inmate Number:#38535
State:California
Support
Labor Organizing Civil Liberties Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Roy House was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, arrested in the July 1923 roundup of the union at Portola, California. Prosecuted in Plumas County under California's Criminal Syndicalism Act for his membership and organizing, he was convicted and sentenced to four years. He entered San Quentin on October 29, 1923 as prisoner 38535. The Industrial Worker of August 6, 1924 lists him as still imprisoned and gives his birthday as August 21; no birth year is recorded. His parole or release date is unresolved.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Criminal syndicalism (California Criminal Syndicalism Act) — convicted in Plumas County after the July 1923 roundup of the IWW at Portola.
Arrested: July 1923
Incarcerated: Oct 29, 1923
Sentence: Four years for criminal syndicalism, on conviction in Plumas County. Arrested in the Portola roundup of about July 20 to 25, 1923 — held at month precision, the exact day being unknown — and admitted to San Quentin on October 29, 1923 as prisoner 38535. No release date is recorded. This row previously carried a release of 1925, which nothing in his own record supports: his four-year term, running from October 1923, would not have expired until 1927, and the same 1925 sits on some fifty other records from the same bulk import. It produced a published counter of one year two months, measured from his admission to January 1, 1925. It is removed rather than adjusted, because his actual parole or release date is unresolved. The row previously described a federal prosecution under the Espionage and Sedition Acts, which was an import-wide default rather than anything specific to him. It was a state prosecution.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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