Supreme Court of the United States June 8, 1925, 19 (Gitlow v. New York)

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Mr. Justice Sanford

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Benjamin Gitlow was indicted in the Supreme Court New York, with three others, for the statutory crime of criminal anarchy. New York Penal Laws, §§ 160, 161.

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He was separately tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Division and by the Court of Appeals. 195 App. Div. 773; 234 N. Y.