Supreme Court of the United States May 17, 1920, 221 (O'CONNELL v. United States)

Mr. Justice McReynolds

delivered the .opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error were tried under an indictment with two counts. The first charges a conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act, — § 3, Act June 15, 1917, c. 30, 40 Stat. 217, 219 — by obstructing the recruiting and enlistment service; the second a conspiracy to violate the Selective Service Law — § 6, Act May 18, 1917, c. 15,40 Stat.