United States v. Chase

Gray, Justice.

This is an indictment on the act of July 12, 1876, c. 186, (19 St. 90.) The first two objections taken to it are that the letter alleged to have been deposited in the mail is imperfectly described; and that the allegation that the defendant knowingly deposited an obscene, lewd, and lascivious letter is defective, because, construed by the technical rules of criminal pleading, the averment is only that the defendant knowingly deposited the letter, and not that he knew its character. The first objection is supported by the *808decision in Com. v. Wright, 139 Mass. 382, S. C. 1 N. E.…