United States v. Prieth
District Court, D. New Jersey
Benedict Prieth and others were indicted under Espionage Act, tit. 1, § 4, for a conspiracy 'to violate one of the provisions of section 3 of ■said actv On demurrer to indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGHT, District Judge.
The indictment to which the defendants have demurred, is based on section 4, title 1, of the so-called “Espionage Act” of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 217, c. 30), and charges a conspiracy to commit the third specific crime set forth in section 3, title 1, of that act, before it was amended by Act May 16, 1918, c. 75. It contains but one count, and alleges, in substance, that subsequent to June 15, 1917, the defendants conspired “unlawfully and willfully to obstruct the recruiting and enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service and of the United…
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