Ackley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; John C. Pollock, Judge. Foster E. Ackley was convicted of sending through the mail a letter informing the addressee where she could purchase articles designed, adapted, and intended to prevent conception, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH McPIiERSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error, Foster E. Ackley, was indicted for furnishing information where and from whom articles could be obtained which would prevent conception. The indictment was in four counts; trial resulting in acquittals under all but the second count. The second count charges that the defendant for many years had been a practicing physician at Kansas City, Mo., advertising his profession in the papers of that city, which circulated in various parts of the country. George A. Leonard, a post office inspector, caused to be sent to the defendant at his…
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