William Dudley Dudley Pelley, anti-Semitic leader of the Silver Shirts of America, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison in the first major sedition case since America’s entry into the war.
Federal Judge Baltzell imposed the sentence after denying a defense motion for a new trial.
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