United States v. Reid
District Court, W.D. Michigan
This was an indictment against Edwv O. Reid for mailing obscene matter, founded upon Rev. St. § 3893, as amended by section 2, Act Sept. 26,1888. Heard on motion to quash,
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERE AS, District Judge.
The counsel for the defendant in this case have founded their motion to quash upon the following points, in substance: (1) That the indictment fails to charge that the defendant knew the character of the contents of the paper deposited in the mail; (2) that the bare allegation that he deposited a number of papers of the character mentioned in the statute does not sufficiently describe the papers said to have been deposited; and (3) that the statute forbids the mailing of matter which is lewd or lascivious, and does not include matter which is simply foul and vulgar.
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