Sales v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. R. B. Sales was convicted of mailing an obscene, lascivious, and filthy letter, contrary to Criminal Code, § 211 (Comp. St. § 10381), and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of mailing an “obscene, lascivious, and filthy” letter, contrary to section 211 of the Criminal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1129 [Comp. St. § 10381]), and brings the case here for review.
*598The letter need not be set forth. The trial court charged the jury that “it is not contended that the letter contains in itself filthy or indecent terms or expressions”; that they need not be confused if, upon examining it in the jury room, they would say, “I don’t see anything dirty or filthy about that”; also that the question was of its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Grimm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Knowles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- United States v. MooreDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1904
- De Gignac v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
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