Legal Opinion
United States v. Kline
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 8, 1913No. 8PublishedCited by 3 opinions
D. Frank Kline was convicted of mailing a letter giving information where and by whom an abortion would be performed and how and by what means it might be produced, in violation of Cr. Code, § 211.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The defendant was indicted and convicted under section 211 of the Criminal Code of March 4, 1909, upon the charge of depositing in the mail a letter giving information directly or indirectly where or by whom any act for the procuring or producing of abortion would be done or performed or how or by what means abortion might be produced.
The act declares unmailable:
“Every * * * letter * * * giving information directly or indirectly * * * where or by whom any act or operation of any kind for the procuring or producing of abortion will be done or performed, or how or by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. CarllSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Cochran & Sayre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bours v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
- Kemp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1914
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