United States v. Wynn

Treat, D. J.

An information was filed against the defendant, under the second clause of section 5469, Rev. St., which section is as follows:

“Any person who shall steal the mail, or shall steal or take from or out of any mail or post-office, etc., any letter or packet; any person who shall take *887the mail, or any letter or packet therefrom, or from any post-office, etc., with or without the consent of the person having custody thereof, and open, embezzle, or destroy any such mail, letter, or package which shall contain any note, bond, etc.; * * * any person who shall by fraud or deception obtain…