Great Sedition Trial of 1944
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:train
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
charges eventually dropped in 1946
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| gptkbp:allegation |
conspiring to undermine the U.S. war effort
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Smith Act trial of 1944
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| gptkbp:basisForProsecution |
gptkb:Smith_Act
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| gptkbp:charge |
seditious conspiracy
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| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:World_War_II
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| gptkbp:defendant |
30
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| gptkbp:endDate |
November 29, 1944
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
largest mass sedition trial in U.S. history
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Great Sedition Trial of 1944
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| gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:Edward_C._Eicher
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
extensive
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| gptkbp:notableDefendant |
gptkb:Gerald_L._K._Smith
gptkb:Elizabeth_Dilling Lawrence Dennis Robert E. Edmondson William Dudley Pelley |
| gptkbp:prosecutor |
O. John Rogge
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| gptkbp:reasonForMistrial |
death of presiding judge
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| gptkbp:result |
mistrial
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| gptkbp:startDate |
April 17, 1944
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Edward_C._Eicher
gptkb:Elizabeth_Dilling |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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