People v. Wismer

The indictment, in two separate and distinct counts, charged the defendant with the violation of certain provisions of the act of the legislature of 1919, known as the “Criminal Syndicalism Act” (Stats. 1919, p. 281). Both counts were framed upon the fourth subdivision of section 2 of said act. The first charged that the defendant, in November, 1921, at the city of Sacramento, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously organize and assist in organizing an organization known as the “Industrial Workers of, the World,” sometimes known and referred to as “I. W. W.” and the “One Big Union,” being…