Ragansky v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Walter Ragansky was convicted of threatening the life of the President, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit'Judge.
The sole question for consideration on this writ of error to reverse a judgment based upon a verdict of guilty under all three counts of an indictment for knowingly and willfully making threats to take the life of the President of the United States is the construction of the Act of February 14, 1917 (39 Stat. 919, c. 64) copied in the margin.1
Concededly, the language charged to have been used by defendant in and of itself constituted such a threat; that specified in the first count was “I can make bombs and I will make bombs and blow up the President”; in the second, “We…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Potter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Spurr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. StickrathDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1917
- Clark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
3Cited by29 opinions
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Russell KelnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Albert Richard Roy, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Franklin David KirkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Ronald Douglas PatilloCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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