State v. Rempel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Watonwan county charged with the crime of advocating by oral speech that the citizens of Minnesota should not aid or assist the United States in prosecuting war with its public enemies, tried in the district court for that county before Comstock, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, and a jury which returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment.
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Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Watonwan county charged with the crime of advocating by oral speech that the citizens of Minnesota should not aid or assist the United States in prosecuting war with its public enemies, tried in the district court for that county before Comstock, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, and a jury which returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. From the judgment entered on the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
The defendant, John Rempel, was indicted for wrongfully and unlawfully advocating by oral speech that the citizens of the state should not aid and assist the United States in prosecuting the war with its public enemies in violation of Laws 1917, p. 764, c. 463. He appeals from a judgment of conviction.
*53Rempel was arrested in the village of Butterfield, Watonwan county, on July 21, 1918. He was being taken to the county jail at St. James by a number of volunteer citizens in an automobile. Rempel asked one of the men who was paying him, and he replied that he was working for the government free…
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- State v. RempelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919