Legal Opinion
United States v. Adams
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided January 19, 1894No. 3,589PublishedCited by 10 opinions
At Law. Indictment of Mrs. O. J. Adams for mailing nonmailable matter. Submitted to the court without a jury on an agreed statement of facts. Finding for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
BELLINGER, District Judge.
The indictment in this case charges the defendant with having on the 26th day of August, 1893, unlawfully deposited in the United States mails—
“A certain written letter, for mailing and delivery to E. May Dunkirk, Albany, Oregon; said letter containing information, directly, how, of whom, and by what means, a certain article and thing, designed and intended for the prevention of conception, might be obtained.”
The indictment is found under section 3893 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which provides as follows:
“Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious book,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Saunders v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
- United States v. BottU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1873
3Cited by10 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Yick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917
- Jung Quey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
- State v. GibbsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Orsatti v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
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