Warren v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court oí the United States for the District of Kansas. Fred D. Warren was convicted of sending nonmailable matter through the mail, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for depositing in the post office,of the United States at Girard, Kan., for mailing, nonmailable matter, contrary to the act of September 26, 1888 (Act Sept. 26, 1888, c. 1039, 25 Stat. 496 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2661]). Among other things the act prohibits the deposit for mailing of all matter, otherwise mailable, upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper of which is written, printed, or otherwise impressed any language of a scurrilous, defamatory, or threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display…
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