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ABRAMS v. U S , 250 U.S. 616

ABRAMS v. U S , 250 U.S. 616

250 U.S. 616 | 1919-11-10

U.S. Supreme Court
 
ABRAMS v. U S , 250 U.S. 616 (1919)

250 U.S. 616

ABRAMS et al. v. UNITED STATES. 

No. 316. 

Argued Oct. 21 and 22, 1919. 
Decided Nov. 10, 1919. 

Mr. Harry Weinberger, of New York City, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Robert P. Stewart, for the United States.

Mr. Justice CLARKE delivered the opinion of the Court.

On a single indictment, containing four counts, the five plaintiffs in error, hereinafter designated the defendants, were convicted of conspiring to violate provisions of the [250 U.S. 616, 617]   Espionage Act of Congress (section 3, title I, of Act June 15, 1917, c....