Court Rulings Upon Indictments, Search Warrants, Habeas Corpus, Mailing Privileges, Etc. Growing out of Alleged Offenses Against Draft and Espionage Acts

Stedman, Seymour [Ed]

Published by Printed By Chicago Arbeiter-Zeitung Pub. Co. for the Socialist Party National Office., Chicago, 1920

About this Item

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Circa [1920]. Printed by Chicago Arbeiter-Zeitung Pub. Co. for the Socialist Party National Office. Trade-size paperback in gray card stock covers lettered in black; saddle-stapled binding. A legal reference issued by the Socialist Party to aid attorneys defending clients prosecuted under the 1917 Espionage Act and 1918 Sedition Act during the height of World War I era anti-Socialist repression. Assembled under the direction of attorney Seymour Stedman, with assistance from noted legal figures including Morris Hillquit, Caroline Lowe, Nicholas Klein, and others. Includes case summaries and rulings concerning conspiracy, indictment standards, search warrants, and habeas corpus challenges many involving politically motivated prosecutions. An important and uncommon artifact of early 20th-century civil liberties defense. Expected mild toning to covers, short closed tear front edge of cover and a tiny nick from the rear cover spine edge. VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Court Rulings Upon Indictments, Search Warrants, Habeas Corpus, Mailing Privileges, Etc. Growing out of Alleged Offenses Against Draft and Espionage Acts
• Publisher: Printed By Chicago Arbeiter-Zeitung Pub. Co. for the Socialist Party National Office., Chicago
• Publication Date: 1920
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law
  • Military History,World War I
  • Labor & the Left