Japanese Laborers Convicted of Assault
Two men were convicted of assault after a three-day trial, with deportation proceedings likely to follow.
O. Nomura and M. Makai, Japanese, who have been on trial in Judge Easterday's department of the superior court for three days, charged with assault with intent to commit robbery, were found guilty of assault yesterday and will pay a fine of $500 or serve six months in jail. At the expiration of the sentence the prosecuting attorney's office will attempt to deport the men.
“At the expiration of the sentence the prosecuting attorney's office will attempt to deport the men.”
This reflects the intense anti-Asian climate in Tacoma during the early 1900s, where criminal justice was frequently weaponized to justify the deportation of immigrant laborers.
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