Note: The Following Are Excerpts from Brief Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States by Lawyers Listed Below! In the Supreme Court of the United States. Wesley Robert Wells, Petitioner, vs. State of California, Respondent. Petition for Writ of Certiorari

(WELLS, Wesley Robert) GARRY, Charles R.

Published by no publisher], [San Francisco, 1953

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Legal brief. 14 Mimeographed folio leaves printed rectos only stapled at the top and folded in thirds. A little age-toning and small chips in a couple of margins, final leaf detached but present, sound and very good. Long brief by Charles R. Garry. Wesley Robert Wells was an African-American man convicted of minor crimes of theft and imprisoned, but because of an altercation with a guard (who was unhurt) was given the death penalty. The attorney Charles R. Garry worked tirelessly to have the sentence commuted, and after 40 years Wells was released from prison, little more than a year before he died of a heart attack. Garry, who eventually was central to the defense schemes of various Black Panthers, referred to Wells as "The First Black Panther." This was obviously issued as part of some sort of public relations effort by Garry. Rare. *OCLC* locates a single copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Note: The Following Are Excerpts from Brief Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States by Lawyers Listed Below! In the Supreme Court of the United States. Wesley Robert Wells, Petitioner, vs. State of California, Respondent. Petition for Writ of Certiorari
• Publisher: no publisher], [San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1953
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • African-Americana
  • Americana
  • Ephemera