Legal Opinion
United States v. Purvis
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 1, 1912No. 12,413PublishedCited by 5 opinions
R. Purvis and another were indicted for crime.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is an indictment under section 213 of the Federal Penal Code of 1910, which provides that:
“No letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance * * * shall be deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or be delivered by any post master or letter carrier”— and then fixing a penalty for the violation of the section.
*619'Hiere is a demurrer to tlic indictment upon several grounds.
[1] The first ground 1 will refer to, as it is easily disposed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Equitable Loan & Security Co. v. WaringSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Konda v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1908
- Ballock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
- United States v. ClarkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1888
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. SettlesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- United States Postal Service v. Allied Treatment, Inc.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1990
- United States v. RichDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1950
- Stayton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
- United States v. CurreyDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1913