United States v. O'Donnell
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
On Motion to Quash Indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
The defendant sent through the mails a sealed letter, in which he called a third party many unpleasant, scurrilous, and even disgusting names, abused ‘him, and applied various epithets which, if used face to face, would be likely to result in a breach of the peace, and which might have that effect when communicated by letter. The letter has not been set forth in full in the indictment, inasmuch as the District Attorney does not consider it proper to be spread upon the records, but on an inspection of the exhibit it is found to be in many respects similar to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dunlop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Swearingen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. BittySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Konda v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1908
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- United States v. Journal Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1912
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