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30 Defendants Prosecuted Under The Smith Act For WWII Sedition
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keywords: us federal prosecution, sedition act, lois de lafayette, joe mcwilliams, elizabeth dilling
Synopsis: In the District Court Washington DC 30 defendants are accused of Sedition by the Federal Government with notable defendants - Lois de Lafayette, Joe McWilliams, Elizabeth Dilling. Note: During the trial Judge Edward C. Eicher dies of a heart attack causing a mistrial and after the war ends the Federal Government chooses not to pursue the case (2007-263f.txt)...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:01:14
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
30 Defendants Prosecuted Under The Smith Act For WWII Sedition
The case of the U.S. Government vs. 30 assorted defendants (accused of conspiring to overthrow the United States for a Nazi set-up, largely by insidious activity among our military forces) comes to bar. The defendants are a virile lot, all coolly aware of the serious charges against them—excepting Mrs. Lois de Lafayette Washburn of Chicago, she fascist salutes so much that the others avoid her. As the trial opens, history is made, for this is the largest number of defendants ever arraigned in an American sedition trial. Some of the defendants were Joe McWilliams, Lawrence Dennis, Elizabeth Dilling and others. The prosecutor was O. John Rogge.
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- Newsreels: 1944 - April 20
