V. V. O'Hare

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13173
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
V. V. O'Hare

Biography

V. V. O'Hare, a miner from Los Angeles, California, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000. He served in the Cook County Jail and Leavenworth Penitentiary from March 1918 to July 22, 1920, when he was paroled.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Chicago).
Sentence: Five years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas

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