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Claim

Claim 940

Additional counts of the indictment charged that the newspaper's articles amounted to attempts to cause disloyalty, mutiny and refusal of duty in the armed forces.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement
Additional counts of the indictment charged that the newspaper's articles amounted to attempts to cause disloyalty, mutiny and refusal of duty in the armed forces.
Field
stated_justification
Value
Charged with attempting to cause disloyalty
About
incident 1918-us-espionage-act-conviction-of-editor-frohwerk
Source
Frohwerk v. United States, 249 U.S. 204 (1919)
Publisher
Frohwerk v. United States, 249 U.S. 204 (1919)
Method
court record
Checked
2026-09-26
Confidence
high
Status
current
Source date
1919-03-10

Quotation from the source

The other counts allege attempts to cause disloyalty, mutiny and refusal of duty in the military and naval forces of the United States, by the same publications, each count being confined to the publication of a single date.