Claim

Claim 968

Judge Albert Barnes Anderson ruled that any offense would have occurred in Indiana rather than the nation's capital, so the case could only be tried in Indiana.

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

Statement: Judge Albert Barnes Anderson ruled that any offense would have occurred in Indiana rather than the nation's capital, so the case could only be tried in Indiana.
Field: status
Value: Judge Anderson rules the case belongs in Indiana
About: incident 1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions
Source: United States v. Smith (Ind.) (1909)
Publisher: The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2009-01-01

Quotation from the source

his more important contribution for First Amendment purposes was in ruling that if any offense had occurred, it had taken place in Indiana rather than in the nation’s capital and thus could only be prosecuted in Indiana