Occupation unemployed labourer Conviction(s) Selling Marijuana | Name Samuel Caldwell | |
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Criminal penalty Fined $1,000 and 4 years hard labor Died June 24, 1941, Colorado, United States | ||
Samuel R. Caldwell (February 11, 1880 – June 24, 1941) was the first person convicted of selling marijuana under the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, according to federal files.
Biography
He was born on February 11, 1880. He was arrested on October 2, 1937, one day after the Marijuana Tax Act went into effect. He was released from prison in 1940. Caldwell died on June 24, 1941.
References
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