1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 227 F.2d
  5. 227 F.2d 757 (1955)
 

WELLMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12237.

227 F.2d 757 (1955)

Saul Laurence WELLMAN, Nathan Kaplan, a/k/a Nat Ganley, Thomas De Witt Dennis, Jr., Philip Schatz, Helen Mary Winter, and William Allan, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 18, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Goodman, Detroit, Mich., George W. Crockett, Jr., Goodman, Crockett, Eden & Robb, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for appellants.

William G. Hundley, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Fred W. Kaess, U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., John J. Keating, Jr., Lawrence K. Bailey, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellee.

Before McALLISTER, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Following a trial by jury, which commenced on October 29, 1953 and ended on February 19, 1954, the appellants were convicted of conspiring to violate the Smith Act, which prohibits the advocacy of the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence. Secs. 2385 and 371, Title 18, U.S.Code. Each received a sentence of a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment ranging from four to five years...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases