United States v. Steinberg

The only point of consequence is whether section 215 of the Criminal. Code (18 US CA § 338) covers the ease of a letter posted by the accused in Canada, and received by the addressee in the United States. We regard this as concluded by Salinger v. Loisel, 265 U. S. 224, 44 S. Ct. 519, 68 L. Ed. 989, where it was held that the accused might be in-dieted and tried at the place where the let; ter was received. The amendment of 1909 (35 Stat. 1130 [18 USCA § 338]) created another crime; that of causing a letter to be delivered to a person within the United States by means of its mails. The…