John Smith

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John Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal defendant
person
coDefendantWith Carlisle McFall NERFINISHED
Charles Washington NERFINISHED
Gladys Sweet NERFINISHED
Henry Sweet NERFINISHED
Henry Turner NERFINISHED
Leonard Morse NERFINISHED
Norris Murray NERFINISHED
Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED
Otis Sweet NERFINISHED
Otis Wilson NERFINISHED
William Davis NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfEvent 1925
defendantIn People v. Sweet et al. NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Smith
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
legalCharge murder
legalContext self-defense in response to racist mob
locationOfEvent Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the African American defendants in the Ossian Sweet trials
participantIn 1925 Detroit racial violence case
Ossian Sweet case NERFINISHED
Sweet trials
partOf group of African American men defending Sweet home
residenceAtTimeOfCase Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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Ossian Sweet trial hasDefendant John Smith