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Thomas O'Mara

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Thomas O'Mara, an IWW member from Sacramento, received a four-year sentence for giving testimony in court on behalf of a fellow member of the IWW and served a prison sentence in San Quentin from August 25, 1923, to 1926. (See also the entry for J. A. Casdorf.)

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Incarcerated: Aug 25, 1923
Released: 1925
Sentence: Four years Verdict as recorded: Yes — criminal syndicalism (California)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California