Wolf v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota; James D. Elliott, Judge. John H. Wolf was convicted of violation of the Espionage Act, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
John H. Wolf brings his writ of error from conviction on six counts for violation of the Espionage Act. Act June 15, 1917, c. 30, 40 Stat. 217. Concurrent sentences of five years were assessed for each of the six counts.
The assignments of error present the following points: (a) Unconstitutionality of this section (section.3 [Comp. St. 1918, § 10212c]) of the Espionage Act, because it is an attempt to define and enlarge upon the constitutional definition of treason; (b) insufficiency of the indictment; (c) insufficiency of the evidence; (d) improper admission and exclusion…
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