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Ruby Weber

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Ruby Weber was arrested on April 21, 1935.

Printed page 2 reports thirty-three Workers Unemployed Union members were arrested during the Easter Sunday Fifth Avenue relief protest. It names David Lasser (chairman), Edward Welsh (vice-chairman), Neil Russell (secretary), Ruby Weber (financial secretary) and Saul Parker (organizer). Arrested around noon, they remained until Night Court, defended by Morris Shapiro and Max Delson, with Norman Thomas a defense witness. Magistrate Dreyer convicted the defendants of disorderly conduct but imposed suspended sentences. Thomas's page 20 column says almost twelve hours in jail, an approximate collective account rather than exact personal endpoints. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/socialist-call/v1n06-apr-27-1935.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 854. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

The April 27 Socialist Call names Ruby Weber among the Fifth Avenue protesters arrested on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1935. The collective custody account does not give an individual discharge date.

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Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct during the Easter Sunday 1935 Fifth Avenue unemployed-workers relief protest.
Arrested: Apr 21, 1935
Sentence: Sentence suspended following Night Court conviction; detained from around noon until the hearing, approximate collective account almost twelve hours.
Convicted: Yes