George T. Davis collection of legal documents related to Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings, 1916-1971 (bulk 1930-1937).

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George T. Davis collection of legal documents related to Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings, 1916-1971 (bulk 1930-1937).

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Collection of briefs, petitions, testimony, exhibits, etc. related to various legal actions involving Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings. Includes testimony from the original trial in 1916-1917, petitions and arguments for Billings' pardon, documents pertaining to two suits Mooney brought against wardens of San Quentin Penitentiary, and Mooney's application for a writ of habeas corpus. Also includes the program for the 1971 Annual Banquet of the Committee on Political Education (COPE), Central Labor Council of San Mateo County, at which Billings was the guest of honor.

5 boxes (1.8 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7675103

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Davis, George Thomas, 1907-2006

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Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings were tried and convicted of murder following the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing of July 22, 1916. On Jan. 7, 1939, Mooney was pardoned and released from San Quentin. In Oct, 1939, Billings' sentence was commuted to time served and he also was released; in 1961 he received a formal pardon from Gov. Edmund G. Brown. George T. Davis was a defense attorney who worked for both Mooney and Billings. From the descriptio...

Billings, Warren K., 1893-1972

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Laborer and union organizer. From the description of Papers of Warren K. Billings, 1899-1973 (bulk 1920-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014443 Biographical Note 1893, July 4 Born, Middletown, N.Y. 1906 Moved with family to Brooklyn, N.Y. 1908 ...

California. Supreme Court

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...

Davis, George Thomas, 1907-2006

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68913ts (person)

Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings were tried and convicted of murder following the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing of July 22, 1916. On Jan. 7, 1939, Mooney was pardoned and released from San Quentin. In Oct, 1939, Billings' sentence was commuted to time served and he also was released; in 1961 he received a formal pardon from Gov. Edmund G. Brown. George T. Davis was a defense attorney who worked for both Mooney and Billings. From the descriptio...