Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 25, 1954No. Appeal, 94PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones,
The appellant Nelson was convicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County on all twelve counts of an indictment charging him, inter alia, with an attempt to overthrow the government of the United States by force and violence contrary to the Pennsylvania Sedition Act of 1919, re-enacted as a part of *61Pennsylvania’s Criminal Code of 1939: see Section 207 of the Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, 18 PS §4207. The prosecution’s evidence consisted in large part of proof of the defendant’s membership and official position in the Communist Party, his attendance…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by39 opinions
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