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Claim

Claim 941

A jury convicted Frohwerk on all but one count, and the trial court sentenced him to a fine and ten years' imprisonment on each remaining count.

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

Statement
A jury convicted Frohwerk on all but one count, and the trial court sentenced him to a fine and ten years' imprisonment on each remaining count.
Field
journalist_affected
Value
Convicted on all but one count, sentenced to ten years
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

Frohwerk was found guilty on all the counts except the seventh, which needs no further mention. He was sentenced to a fine and to ten years imprisonment on each count, the imprisonment on the later counts to run concurrently with that on the first.