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WHITNEY v. CALIFORNIA

No. 3.

274 U.S. 357 (1927)

WHITNEY v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter H. Pollak, with whom Messrs. John F. Neylan, Thomas L. Lennon, Walter Nelles, and Ruth I. Wilson were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John H. Riordan, Deputy Attorney General of California, with whom Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General, was on the brief, for the State of California.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

By a criminal information filed in the Superior Court of Alameda County, California, the plaintiff in error was charged, in five counts, with violations of the Criminal Syndicalism Act of that State. Statutes, 1919, c. 188, p. 281. She was tried, convicted on the first count, and sentenced to imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by the District Court of Appeal. 57 Cal.App. 449. Her petition to have the case...

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