State v. Fiske

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Harold B. Fiske appeals from conviction upon a charge of violating the statute which defines criminal syndicalism and penalizes its advocacy.

1. The offense is alleged to have been committed on July 2,1923. A term of court began September 4, 1923, on which day the information was filed. On September 18, the day the case was tried, the defendant filed a motion for a continuance until a later date or until the next term, on the ground that his regular counsel, a resident of Chicago, was unable to be present because of being of counsel in cases…