Hartzel v. United States

*681Mr. Justice Murphy

announced the conclusion and judgment of the Court.

For the first time during the course of the present war we are confronted with a prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917.1 The narrow issue is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury’s determination that petitioner violated the Act in that, in time of war, he willfully attempted to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny and refusal of duty in the armed forces and willfully obstructed the recruiting and enlistment service of the United States.

Petitioner and two others were charged in a seven-count…