Bates v. United States

This was an indictment against the plaintiff in error, charging him with violating different provisions of section 3893 of the Revised Statutes. He was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to fine and imprisonment. A motion in arrest of the sentence on account of the insufficiency of the indictment was made in the district court, and the refusal of the court to grant the motion is one of the principal errors relied on in this court. Tho section of the statute referred to, as amended by the act of July 12, 1876, declares the following shall be non-mailable matter:, Any book, pamphlet,…