Horner v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This is an indictment found May 16, 1892, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, founded on § 8894 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of September 19, 1890, c. 908, 26 Stat. 465.. The section, as so amended, reads as follows: “ No letter, postal card or circular concerning any lottery, so-called gift concert, or other similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or concerning schemes devised for the purpose of obtaining money or property under false pretences, and no list of the drawings at.any lottery or similar…
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