Zeff v. Sanford

UNDERWOOD, District Judge.

The above case came on for final hearing on February 20, 1940, after delays due to requests for continuances to amend and to take testimony, and for a rehearing, all of which were granted.

Petitioner plead guilty to an indictment in two counts, the first charging the unlawful shipment of obscene literature in interstate commerce, and the second charging that petitioner unlawfully caused to be delivered by the United States Mails a letter which was, under the law, non-mailable matter.

In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner contends, first, that he was…