ABRAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 316.

250 U.S. 616 (1919)

ABRAMS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 10, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Weinberger for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Stewart, with whom Mr. W.C. Herron was on the brief, 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 Espionage Act of Congress (§ 3, Title I, of Act approved June 15, 1917, as amended May 16, 1918, 40 Stat. 553).

Each of the first three counts charged the defendants with conspiring...

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