United States v. Davis

The defendant has been found guilty of depositing a postal-card in the mails in violation of the postal laws of the United States, especially the act of June 18, 1888, c. 394, as amended by the acts o,f June 18, 1888, c. 394, and of September 26, 1888, c. 1039, 25 St. 187, Id. 496. The verdict, however, is subject to the opinion of the court, whether the language of the postal-card falls within the denunciations of the statute. It clearly does. The act makes it criminal *327to deposit or cause to be deposited for mailing or delivering any postal-card containing delineations, epithets, terms, or…