State v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Goodhue county charged with the crime of discouraging enlistment in the military and naval forces of the United States, tried in the district court for that county before Johnson, J., and a jury, and found guilty as charged in the indictment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
A public meeting, called by Louis W. Martin, an organizer for the Nonpartisan League, was held at the village of Kenyon in the county of Goodhue, on the evening of August 18, 1917. Some 200 people attended. Two officers of the league, N. S. Randall and the defendant, were present and made speeches. Defendant was subsequently convicted of having violated chapter 463, p. 764, of the Laws of 1917, by teaching and advocating, in the speech which he made at this meeting, that men should not enlist in the military or naval forces of the United States, and that citizens of this state…
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