[274 U.S. 357, 359] Messrs. Walter H. Pollak and Walter Nelles, both of New York City, for plaintiff in error.

Messrs. John H. Riordan and U. S. Webb, both of San Francisco, Cal., for the People of the State of California.

Mr. Justice SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

By a criminal information filed in the Superior Court of Alameda County, California, the plaintiff in error was charged, in five counts, with violations of the Criminal Syndicalism Act of that State. Statutes 1919, c. 188, p. 281. She was tried, convicted on the first count, and sentenced to imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by the District Court of Appeal. People v. Whitney, 57 Cal. App. 449, 207 P. 698. Her petition to have the case heard by the Supreme Court1 was denied. 57 Cal. App. 453, 207 P. 698. And the case was brought here on a writ of error which was allowed by the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, the highest court of the State in which a decision could be had. Judicial Code, 237 (Comp. St. 1214).

On the first hearing in this Court, t