State v. Fowler
Montana Supreme Court
Appeals from District Court, Madison County; Wm. A. Clark, Judge. Louis L. Fowler was convicted of sedition and appeals from the judgment of conviction, from an order denying his motion for a new trial, and from an order made after judgment.
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Appeals from District Court, Madison County; Wm. A. Clark, Judge. Louis L. Fowler was convicted of sedition and appeals from the judgment of conviction, from an order denying his motion for a new trial, and from an order made after judgment. According to the information, there is no allegation that any statements were made by the defendant to any person or persons, or within the presence of any person or persons, nor is any particular place mentioned in the information where such conversation occurred, except by the general allegation that they occurred in Madison county. In other words, the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beantly
Appeals by the defendant from a judgment convicting him of the crime of sedition and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
Omitting the formal parts, the information charges: “That the said Louis L. Fowler, whose true name the county attorney is informed is Joseph Clingenhoefer, on or about the tenth day of April, 1918, at the county of Madison, state of Montana, and when the United States was engaged in war, did wilfully, unlawfully, wrongfully and feloniously utter and publish disloyal, profane, violent, scurrilous, contemptuous, slurring and abusive language about and concerning…
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