United States v. Smith

The defendant demurs to an indictment preferred.under Rev. St. § 3893, as amended by 25 St. 496. The indictment contains *477two counts; the first charging that the defendant knowingly deposited in a certain post-office, for mailing and delivery, an obscene, lewd, and1 lascivious pamphlet, entitled “A Monitor for Men,” a copy of which is attached to the indictment. The second count embraces a similar charge respecting a paper entitled “Questions for Men Only,” also attached to the indictment. It is insisted that neither of these documents is obscene within the meaning of the statute. The pamphlet…