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
Charles Washington
Gladys Sweet
Henry Sweet
Henry Turner
Leonard Morse
Norris Murray
Ossian Sweet
Otis Sweet
Otis Wilson
William Davis
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfEvent 1925
defendantIn People v. Sweet et al.
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Smith
givenName John
hasLanguage English
legalCharge murder
legalContext self-defense in response to racist mob
locationOfEvent Detroit, Michigan
linked to: Detroit
notableFor being one of the African American defendants in the Ossian Sweet trials
participantIn 1925 Detroit racial violence case
Ossian Sweet case
linked to: Ossian Sweet trial

Sweet trials
partOf group of African American men defending Sweet home
residenceAtTimeOfCase Detroit, Michigan
linked to: Detroit
sexOrGender male

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Ossian Sweet trial hasDefendant John Smith