# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions)
- Source: United States v. Smith (Ind.) (1909). https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-smith/
- 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

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