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James True

Released
Date of birth:01. 07. 1880
Date of death:24. 09. 1946
Age:66† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Virginia
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Biography

James True was a Washington-area writer and publisher of Industrial Control Reports. He promoted antisemitic and far-right politics through his publications and America First, Inc. He became ill during the Washington trial and his case was severed. He died in 1946 before the remaining defendants’ indictments were dismissed. He was named in the January 3, 1944 Washington indictment alleging conspiracy to undermine military loyalty under the Smith Act.

Case

Charges: Washington sedition prosecution: conspiracy under former 18 U.S.C. § 11 to violate the Smith Act’s military-insubordination provision, former 18 U.S.C. § 9.
Sentence: No sentence imposed in this prosecution; died before final disposition.
Judge: Edward C. Eicher; Bolitha J. Laws (dismissal proceedings)
Indicted: January 3, 1944 superseding indictment naming thirty defendants.
Convicted: No