United States v. Wilson
District Court, N.D. California
At Law. Indictment of F. L. Wilson for mailing an obscene letter inclosed in a sealed envelope in violation of section 3893, Rev. St., as amended. Heard on demurrer and motion to quash.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
This is au indictment for “depositing,” etc., “in a post office of the United States, a certain lascivious, obscene, and indecent letter, inclosed in a sealed envelope,” found under section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by act of September 26, 1888. To this indictment the defendant demurs on the ground that it states no offense against the laws of the United States. It is contended on behalf of the defendant that a strictly private, sealed letter is not included.among the inhibitions of section 3893, Rev. St., as amended.
The United States a ttorney opposes…
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