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  "subject_type": "incident",
  "subject_id": 225,
  "field": "scope_of_action",
  "value": "President, Secretary of War and others named as libeled",
  "statement": "The indictment alleged that the President, the Secretary of War and certain private individuals had been criminally libeled by the World's articles.",
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  "evidence_quote": "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.",
  "evidence_date": "1911-01-03",
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  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/963",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions",
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    "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/219/1",
    "final_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/219/1",
    "title": "United States v. Press Publishing Co., 219 U.S. 1 (1911)",
    "publisher": "Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute",
    "published_on": "1911-01-03",
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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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