Kemp v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
IIeartng on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia convicting him of sending a letter through the mails containing forbidden information. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant, Thomas J. Hemp, defendant below, was convicted of the crime of sending a letter through tbe mails in violation of section 211 of the United States Criminal Code [35 Stat. at L. 1129, ebap. 321, U. S. Comp.
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IIeartng on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia convicting him of sending a letter through the mails containing forbidden information. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant, Thomas J. Hemp, defendant below, was convicted of the crime of sending a letter through tbe mails in violation of section 211 of the United States Criminal Code [35 Stat. at L. 1129, ebap. 321, U. S. Comp. Stat. Supp. 1911, p. 1651], which, in part, provides as follows: “Every * * * letter * ■* * or- notice' of any kind giving information…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Oesdbl
It is conceded that this letter was written by defendant. For the purpose of interpreting what it was intended to, convey, the government introduced the Compton letter in evidence, and the testimony of a detective named Honvery, who interviewed defendant a short time after the letter in question was written, representing that he was Quincy Compton and that the girl referred to in the Compton letter was at the Metropolitan Hotel, in this city, prepared to undergo treatment. He testified that defendant refused to see the girl in his office, but went so far as to procure a room for her and fix…
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- Board of Commissioners of Excise v. BackusNew York Supreme Court · 1864
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