UNITED STATES v. HARTZEL

Nos. 8253, 8264.

138 F.2d 169 (1943)

UNITED STATES v. HARTZEL. SAME v. SOLLER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1943.

Writ of Certiorari Granted January 10, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benedict J. Short, Ode L. Rankin, and Wm. J. Powers, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

J. Albert Woll and Wm. J. Connor, U. S. Atty., both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before SPARKS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Granted January 10, 1944. See 64 S.Ct. 437.

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Hartzel and Soller, together with one Mecartney, were tried by a jury and found guilty of violating Secs. 3 and 4 of the Espionage Act, 50, U.S.C.A. §§ 33, 34. The indictment contained seven counts, the first six of which charged the substantive offense of sedition, while count 7 charged a conspiracy to commit such substantive offense. A motion for new...

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