Forrest Wayne Clicque v. United States

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The indictment in the present case tells all that needs to be known of the case’s pre-trial posture. A Grand Jury in the Northern District of Texas charged:

On or about October 2, 1972, in the Dallas Division of the Northern District of Texas, FORREST W. CLIC-QUE, defendant, knowingly did use the mails for mailing, carriage in the mails and delivery of non-mailable matter, that is a certain envelope addressed to and containing an obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy and vile letter beginning ‘Dear Johnny’ and ending ‘Mark A.’, the said letter not being further…