The Scandal Of Mooney And Billings: The Decisions Of The California. Mooney, Thomas; Billings, Warren Antiquarian & Scholarly

The Story of Two Wrongfully Convicted Labor Activists [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Billings, Warren (1893-1972)]. 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. New York: Published by the National Mooney-Billings Committee (Organized by the American Civil Liberties Union), 1931. 62 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self wrappers. Moderate toning, light foxing and soiling to exterior, wrappers starting at ends but secure, small faint dampstain and brief pencil annotation to front wrapper. $250. * Only edition. Mooney and Billings were labor leaders and political activists who were framed as murderers after an anarchist's bomb exploded during the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade in 1916. Mooney was sentenced to death; Billings to life imprisonment. Their case became a cause celebre among liberals, labor activists and defenders of civil liberties, among them Felix Frankfurter and Clarence Darrow. After 22 years of petitioning and publicity, they were released in 1939.