Peter Schellbach

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Support
Anti-Militarism
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Biography

Peter Schellbach, of Jersey City, New Jersey, began serving a prison sentence on June 14, 1918. He was given a three-ten year term for "reviling president Wilson."

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Sentence: 3 to 10 years.

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