Sam Nessin

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:New York
Support
Communism Labor Organizing Unemployed Councils
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Biography

Sam Nessin was a member of the delegation of the unemployed that went to the New York City Board of Estimate on 16 October 1930; beaten on Mayor Walker's order and charged with unlawful assembly, whose jaw was broken by police. Tried without a jury, the delegates were acquitted.

Case

Charges: Charged with unlawful assembly.
Arrested: Oct 16, 1930
Sentence: Beaten and charged; acquitted at trial. Charges as recorded: Charged with unlawful assembly for the 16 October 1930 unemployed delegation to the New York Board of Estimate.
Convicted: Tried and acquitted

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