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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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In Washington on April 17, 28 men and 2 women went on trial for conspiring to establish a Nazi regime in the US, violating the sedition act. Defense seeks depositions from AG Biddle and FBI's Hoover on juror probes; jury selection to take 2+ days. Indictment from January alleges ties to German officials. Max penalty: 10 years.
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Washington, April 17. - (AP) Twenty-eight men and two women were called to trial in Federal district court today on charges of conspiracy to aid in setting up a national socialist form of government here in violation of the previous sedition act.
As the case opened, defense counsel asked that Attorney General Francis Biddle and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover be required to provide deposition on any investigating of potential jurors.
Selection of the jury, Justice Department attorneys estimate, will take at least two days.
The thirty defendants are charged in an indictment returned January with having conspired together and with officials of the German Reich and leaders and members of the Nazi party in the United States and with the intent to subvert the government militarily, unlawfully on defense of the military and naval forces of the United States Constitution maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment.
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April 17
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maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment
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Twenty-eight men and two women called to trial in Federal district court on charges of conspiracy to aid in setting up a national socialist form of government in violation of the sedition act. Defense counsel asked that Attorney General Francis Biddle and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover be required to provide depositions on investigations of potential jurors. Selection of the jury estimated to take at least two days. The thirty defendants charged in an indictment returned January with having conspired together and with officials of the German Reich and leaders and members of the Nazi party in the United States with the intent to subvert the government militarily, unlawfully on defense of the military and naval forces of the United States Constitution.