# Claim 962

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York returned a true bill charging the Press Publishing Company, publisher of the World, with fourteen counts of criminal libel.

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

- Statement: A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York returned a true bill charging the Press Publishing Company, publisher of the World, with fourteen counts of criminal libel.
- Field: action
- Value: Grand jury returns true bill against Press Publishing Co.
- About: [incident 1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions)
- Source: United States v. Press Publishing Co., 219 U.S. 1 (1911). https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/219/1
- Publisher: Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute
- Method: court record
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1911-01-03

## Quotation from the source

> a grand jury in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York found a true bill against the Press Publishing Company, charging the commission of alleged criminal libels, set out in an indictment composed of fourteen counts.

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