APPENDIX V STATE WAR AND PEACE STATUTES AFFECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH

(Note: As some of the statutes have varying penalties, in order to avoid confusion only the punishment for the most serious offense is mentioned, which will indicate the relative severity of these laws. Fines may operate as a term of imprisonment if the defendant is obliged to work them out when too poor to pay. An asterisk shows that this particular statute has been discussed in a reference listed in the Bibliography. The cases listed are only the appellate court decisions under the statutes; many prosecutions never reach such a court. Each decision given affirms a conviction by the trial court unless otherwise described. “Reversed” means that a conviction was reversed on appeal. The list ends with the year 1919.)