United States v. French

CALL, District Judge.

On July 20, 1917, the grand jury indicted the defendant for a violation of the act of Congress to punish persons who make threats against the President of the United States, approved *786February 14, 1917. The defendant demurs to the indictment. The first ground of demurrer is that:

“The facts stated in said indictment do not constitute any offense against any law in existence on April 30, 1917.”

And the third:

“Neither o;C the certain letters set forth in said indictment contains any threat to take the life of, or to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States;…