Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — ESPIONAGE ACT IS SUSTAINED [ARTICLE]

ESPIONAGE ACT IS SUSTAINED

Supreme Court Upholds Decree Convicting Minneapolis Man. Washington, March 4. —Without passing specifically on the constitutionality of the espionage act the Supreme court in effect sustained federal court decrees convicting Abraham Sugarman of Minneapolis under the act. Sugarman was sentenced to three years’ Imprisonment because of statements made in a speech. In dismissing the proceedings Justice Brandeis, who rendered the opinion, held that no constitutional questions were involved In the appeal and for that reason the court had no jurisdiction.