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Samuel Mencher

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1920s
State:New York
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
Samuel Mencher

Biography

Samuel Mencher (also printed Moncher) was one of the New York fur workers convicted with Ben Gold in the 1927 Mineola trial — the Long Island prosecution of furriers' union militants on assault charges growing out of the victorious 1926 strike. Sentenced to two and a half to five years and jailed through the trial, the defendants were bailed pending appeal in an ILD-supported defense.

Case

Charges: Assault (1927 Mineola trial of furriers' union militants, 1926 strike)
Arrested: 1927
Sentence: Two and a half to five years; jailed during trial and bailed pending appeal. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, 1927; bailed pending appeal
Convicted: Yes