United States v. Nagler

EVAN A. EVANS, Acting District Judge.

Defendant moves to quash the indictment returned against him, because it fails to state facts sufficient to.charge him with the commission of a crime. Section 3 of the Espionage Act, in force at the time the offense is alleged to have been committed, approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 219, c. 30), reads as follows (the paragraphing, as well as the figures in parentheses are mine):

“Whoever, when the United States is at war,

“(1) Shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the…