Viereck v. United States

VINSON, Associate Justice.

Statement of the Case.

Congress passed a law on June 8, 1938, requiring “political” agents of foreign principals to register with the State Department. It was further required by this Act and the 1939 amendment that these registrations be kept up to date with supplemental statements every six months.

Appellant (defendant) registered and also made supplementary statements. The charge against him is that in three of the supplemental registrations he willfully omitted to state facts made material by the Act, the regulations and appropriate forms of the State Department.…