Tommy Williams

Released
Era:1960s
State:Florida
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Biography

Tommy Williams was a St. Petersburg Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist arrested and jailed during the December 29, 1966 City Hall mural protest. He was one of four defendants acquitted of grand larceny in May 1967. In a later interview he recalled six months in county jail, but historian Anita Richway Cutting could not substantiate that duration. His detention is documented; its exact length and release date remain unverified.

Case

Charges: Grand larceny arising from the December 29, 1966 St. Petersburg City Hall mural protest; related municipal charges.
Arrested: Dec 29, 1966
Incarcerated: Dec 29, 1966
Sentence: Held after arrest and transferred to the Pinellas County jail in downtown Clearwater on December 30, 1966. Cutting describes thirty-day suspended municipal sentences and probation for the four defendants tried after Waller and Bryant. Williams later recalled six months in county jail, but Cutting explicitly found no corroborating records and questioned that duration. Neither six months nor the suspended thirty days is entered as verified time served. No state grand-larceny sentence: acquitted. Exact release date unverified.
Judge: Charles M. Phillips (state trial)
Convicted: Acquitted of grand larceny in May 1967. Separate municipal proceedings are described in Cutting's study.

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