United States v. Schneiderman

MATHES, District Judge.

Defendants are on trial under an indictment charging them as members of an alleged conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371, prohibited by the Smith Act, 54 Stat. 670 (1940), 18 U.S.C. (1946 cd.) § 10; Id. (1948 ed.) § 2385, “by (1) wilfully * * * advocating and teaching the duty and necessity of overthrowing the Government of the United States by force and violence * * * and by (2) wilfully * * * helping to organize as the Communist Party of the United States of America * * * a group * * * of persons who teach and advocate the overthrow…