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Michal Majerski was an associate editor of 'Gazeta Grudziadzka' in 1897-1903 and 'Przyjaciel Ludu', a paper published in Poznan in 1905-1906. In both these periodicals, he also temporarily served as the editor-in-chief. Both as a contributor and an editor he faced penalties under the Prussian justice system for non-compliance with press law. He was brought before court as many as 25 times in the years 1897-1906, and sentenced to pay 2,160 marks in fines and serve 12 weeks in prison.
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Published since 1894, the periodical 'Gazeta Grudziadzka' (GG) often came under the scrutiny from the police and prosecution services for publications that did not conform to the law applicable in the part of Poland ruled by Prussia. Leon Kowalski, the author of texts published in the 12 and 17 September 1907 editions of GG, was one of the periodical's editors who appeared before the court when14 activists from the Hakata organisation were offended by his publications. The court accepted the charges, sentencing the editor in chief of GG to three months and two days in prison. Kowalski served his sentence in the prison in Wronki.
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A total of 93 lawsuits were brought against editors of 'Gazeta Grudziadzka' in the years 1894-1914, a majority of which were filed under paragraphs 185, 130, 110 and 360 of the Criminal Code of 1871. Fifteen out of the total of twenty editors were convicted. Sentenced to fines totalling 1240 marks and one-and-a-half years in prison, Boleslaw Sobiechowski was among those most frequently found guilty. Notwithstanding the threat of prosecution, all editors stood up for their beliefs and continued to express their views through the press.
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