United States v. Dennis

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1950-10-23

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L. HAND, Circuit Judge. The defendants Dennis and others appeal from a judgment of conviction upon an indictment for violation of Section 3 of the “Smith Act,” 1 that is, for “wilfully and knowingly” conspiring to organize the Communist Party of the United States as a group to “teach and advocate the overthrow and destruction” of the government “by force and violence,” and “knowingly and wilfully…

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