United States v. Moore

Blodgett, J.,

(charging jury.) The law under which this indictment is found provides that no letter or circular concerning lotteries shall be carried in the mails.' The statute, as originally passed by congress, provided that no letter or circular concerning illegal lotteries should be so carried. At that time a great many of the states in the Union had prohibited lotteries within their jurisdiction, while in others they were permitted; and difficulty arose in the administration of this statute by reason of the contention that in some states lotteries were still legal, and therefore not within…