United States v. Lee
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia
This is a prosecution under Rev. St. § 3892, for violation of the postal laws. Heard on demurrer to the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
The indictment in this case, together with the admission of the United States attorney in open court, and the demurrer to the indictment, raise this question: Where a letter is directed to “L. B. Price, care Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.,” and the letter is delivered at the office of the Kimball House, is in the office of the hotel awaiting delivery to Price, and the letter is unlawfully, wrongfully, and fraudulently taken therefrom and secreted, is the person taking the same subject to indictment and punishment, under section 3892 of the Revised Statutes of the United…
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