McKnight v. United States

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

The indictment herein charged appellant and his codefendants, Bley Stein and Robert E. Taylor, with violations of sections 37 and 212 of the Criminal Code, 18 USCA §§ 88, 335. The first count of the indictment charged the defendants with having conspired to violate section 212* by depositing in the mails postal cards containing language and delineations that were libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, and *932Calculated by the terms, manner, and style of display, and obviously intended, to reflect injuriously upon the character and conduct of Stephen W. Cunningham, who at that…