Prescott F. Dennett

Released
Date of birth:12. 10. 1907
Date of death:07. 10. 1992
Age:84† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:District of Columbia
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Biography

Prescott Freese Dennett was a publicist associated with the Islands for War Debts Committee and George Sylvester Viereck’s propaganda operations. His work included circulating material through congressional mailing privileges. He served in the U.S. Army during the early war years. He was named in the January 3, 1944 Washington indictment alleging conspiracy to undermine military loyalty under the Smith Act. The mass trial ended in a mistrial on December 7, 1944. The indictment was dismissed in December 1946; no conviction resulted in this case.

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
Judge: Edward C. Eicher; Bolitha J. Laws (dismissal proceedings)
Indicted: January 3, 1944 superseding indictment naming thirty defendants.
Convicted: No

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