United States v. Schneiderman

MATHES, District Judge.

Defendants are on trial by jury under an indictment charging conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371, to commit offenses against the United States prohibited by the Smith Act, 54 Stat. 670, Act June 28, 1940, 1-8 U.S.C.(1946 ed.) § 10, 18 U.S.C.(1948 ed.) § 2385, “by * * organizing and helping to organize, as the Communist Party of the United States of America a * * * group of persons who advocate and teach the duty and necessity of overthrowing the Government of the United States by force and violence * *

One of the witnesses for the Government has testified on direct examination…