Claim

Claim 963

The indictment alleged that the President, the Secretary of War and certain private individuals had been criminally libeled by the World's articles.

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

Statement: The indictment alleged that the President, the Secretary of War and certain private individuals had been criminally libeled by the World's articles.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: President, Secretary of War and others named as libeled
About: incident 1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions
Source: United States v. Press Publishing Co., 219 U.S. 1 (1911)
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

Those who were alleged in each count to have been criminally libeled were, at the time of the publications, the President of the United States, the Secretary of War, and certain private individuals.