Ernest McClelland against Sanford Alexander

Title of the report
Ernest McClelland against Sanford Alexander
Summary of report
Black cab driver rear-ended by car load of white men. When he stopped at traffic light, they pulled him out of car -- he broke away, got a lug wrench to defend himself, hit one of men. Alexander went to police to report what had happened; arrested when one of white men, McClelland, appeared and charged him with assault. By February 1931, McClelland testifying he did not see Alexander strike him, did not know who struck him, DA then recommends that case be discharged.
Source type
DA's Case File
DA report
D183909 (1930)
Source date
November 5, 1930
Charge - initial
Assault
Judicial outcome
Discharged
Judicial outcome date
February 25, 1931
Report deleted
No