THE SCANDAL OF MOONEY AND BILLINGS. THE DECISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT THE ADVISORY PARDON BOARD GOVERNOR YOUNG DENYING PARDONS TO MOONEY AND BILLINGS. ALL THE FACTS UP TO DATE. USE THE COUPON ON THE BACK PAGE.
New York: Published by the National Mooney-Billings Committee (Organized by the American Civil Liberties Union), March, 1931. 62, [1], [1 blank] pp. Original printed front title wrapper. Disbound, several photo illustrations. Very light rubberstamp number in blank portion of title page. Good+.
"Known worldwide as the scapegoat of anti-unionists, Thomas Joseph Mooney was falsely accused for bombing the Preparedness Day Parade in San Francisco on July 16, 1916. Mooney, a Socialist union activist and organizer, had previously been involved in an ugly strike against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. This put him under immediate suspicion for the bombing even though it was later proved that he was no where near the actual bomb site during the parade. Mooney's wife, Rena, Warren Billings, Israel Weinberg, and Edward Nolan were also tried for the bombing but only Billings and Mooney were convicted. Mooney received the death sentence in 1917 and spent the next twenty-two years in prison despite outrage from around the world and evidence that many of the witnesses who testified against him had committed perjury, especially F.C. Oxman." ["Guide to the Thomas Mooney Coillection, 1917-1918," accessed at Online Archive of California.]
The pamphlet prints a chronological list of relevant events in the notorious case, the various decisions denying relief to Mooney and Billings, the examination of Billings at Folsom Prison, dissenting opinions of Justices of the California Supreme Court. Item #35127
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