Chapter XXV: Appendix: IV

NORMAL LAW OF FOUR JURISDICTIONS AGAINST ACTUAL OR THREATENED VIOLENCE

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Massachusetts: Treason, R. L. (1902) c. 206; murder or attempt to murder, c. 207; destruction of property by explosives, or attempt thereto, c. 208 §§ 85, 86; indirect participation in a crime, c. 215, §3; attempts to commit any crime, c. 215 §6; solicitation of another to commit a crime is punishable under this section, Commonwealth _v._ Peaslee, 177 Mass. 267, and also at common law, Commonwealth _v._ Flagg, 135 Mass. 545, quoted in the text.

New York: Treason, Penal Law (1909), §§2380–2383; murder, §§1044ff.; damage to building by explosive, §1420; manufacture, storing, or shipping of explosives, §1894; attempt to injure building without damage, §1895; indirect participation or attempt to commit any crime, §§2, 260–262; solicitation of another to commit a crime is probably punishable under this section, People _v._ Strauss, 100 Misc. 661, and also at common law; any act seriously disturbing the person or property of another, or seriously disturbing the public peace, §43; this includes advocacy of revolution and assassination, People _v._ Most, 171 N. Y. 423. The N. Y. anarchy act is discussed in the body of the book.

Washington: Treason, Remington’s Code (1915), §§2317–2319; murder, §§2392ff.; damage by explosives, or placing them, §§2652, 2653; unlawful making, storing, or shipping explosives, §§2403, 2504, 2506; indirect participation in any crime, §2260; attempts toward any crime, §2264; solicitation of another is punishable under this section, State _v._ George, 79 Wash. 262, and also at common law. The Wash. syndicalism and sedition acts are discussed in the body of the book.

District of Columbia: Treason, punishable under general Federal law; murder, Code, §798; placing explosives near buildings or discharging them, §§825a, 885; indirect participation in crime, §908; attempts, §906; solicitation is probably a common law offense punishable under §910.