United States v. Bebout

Welker, J.,

(charging jury.) The defendants are indicted under section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that “every obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, writing, print, or other publication, of an indecent character, * * * are hereby declared to be non-mailable matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails, nor delivered from any post-office, nor by any letter-carrier; and any person who shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be non-mailable, *' * * shall be found guilty of a…