Parish v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. B. P. Parish was convicted under Penal Code, § 211, of sending through the mails obscene, lewd, .and lascivious matter, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was indicted and tried under section 211 of the Penal Code of 1909, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina.
The indictment charges the defendant with mailing a letter which it is alleged was obscene, lewd, and lascivious, the letter in question being in the following language:
“B. P. Parish. , J. B. Parish, E. E.
“Pee Dee Light & Power Company.
“Clio, S. C., May 10/17.
“Miss A. B. Vann, Clio, S. C.—Dear Mdm.: Doubtless you will be surprised to get a letter from me…
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