Blackham v. Gresham

The plaintiff has moved for a preliminary injunction in her suit brought to restrain the defendants from proceeding to make searches and seizures under sections 4026 and 3990 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. These sections authorize the postmaster general to empower any special agent or other officer of liis department to make searches for mailable matter transported in violation of law, not being in a dwelling-house; and authorize any special agent, collector, or other customs officer, or United States marshal or his deputy, to seize all letters and bags, packets, or parcels,…