United States v. Andrews

ROSS, District Judge.

The demurrer in this case raises the question whether a private, sealed letter, upon the envelope of which there is nothing hut the name and address of the person to whom it is sent, is within the prohibition of section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of September 26, 1888, (25 Stat. 496,) by which amendment the word “letter” was included in the list of articles made nonmailable by reason of their obscene, lewd, lascivious, or otherwise improper character. In support of the demurrer the counsel for the defendant relies upon a very recent decision of…