United States v. Schneiderman

MATHES, District Judge.

Fourteen defendants herein stand convicted by verdict of the jury of the crime of conspiring 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 ed.) § 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 * * * persons who teach and advocate the overthrow * * * of the…