Horner v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE .CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court, dismissing'a writ of habeas corpus. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
delivered the opinion of the court.. On the 13th of January, 1891, an. indictment was found by a grand jury of the District ■ Cojirt of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois, against Edward H. Horner, charging that, on December 28, 1890, he unlawfully and knowingly deposited and caused to be deposited, in the post office-at New York, in the State of New York, “a certain circular coritaining a list of prizes awarded- at the drawing of a lottery, which said circular was-then and there numbered. 538, and purported to be issued from the banking-house' óf E. H. Horner, at 88 Wall…
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