Ex Parte Meckel
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Crockett County. Original Habeas Corpus proceedings, asking release from arrest under an indictment for the violation of the so-called. Disloyalty Act, Acts Thirty-fifth Legislature, Fourth Called Session, Chapter 8, Page 13. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
Relator is under indictment for violation of the so-called disloyalty Act, Section 1 of which reads as follows:
“If any person shall, at any time or place within this State during the time the United States of America is at war with any other nation, use any language in the presence and hearing of another person, of and concerning the United States of America, the entry, or the continuance, of the United States of America in the war, or of and concerning the army, navy, or marine corps of the United States of America, or of and concerning any flag, standard, color, or ensign of…
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