Legal Opinion
United States v. Williams
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 1, 1880PublishedCited by 11 opinions
The defendant was arrested upon the complaint of Anthony Comstock, agent of the Society for the Suppression of Yiee, upon the charge of sending an obscene letter through the mail. An examination took place before United States Commissioner J. J. Allen, for the purpose of deterfnining whether there was sufficient cause to send the case to the grand jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Allen, Commissioner.
The defendant is charged with having violated the provisions of section 3893, U. S. Rev. St., as amended by section 1, act of July 12, 1876, (19 U. S. St. 90.) The portion of the statute to which the charge relates is as follows:
“Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character, * * * and every letter upon the envelope of which, or postal card upon which, indecent, lewd, obscene * * * terms or language may be written or printed, are *485hereby declared to be non-mailable matter. * * ® And any…
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