Garrison v. Hunter‪.‬

An indictment containing two counts was returned against Garrison, in the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District of Alabama. Count one charged that petitioner and a codefendant, on May 9, 1942, did conspire "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate a certain citizen of the United States, to-wit: J. G. Dorough, * * * in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to him by the Constitution and Laws of the United States, to-wit: the right and provilege to inform public officials and officers of the United States of a violation of the Laws of the United States," and that to effect the object of such conspiracy, petitioner and his codefendant, on May 9, 1942, did threaten and curse and otherwise ill-treat Dorough. Count two also charged a conspiracy to violate § 19 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 51.