United States v. Gaylord

District Court, S.D. Illinois
United States v. Gaylord, 50 F. 410 (1883)
Tkuat

United States v. Gaylord

Opinion of the Court

Tkuat, District Judge,

(orally.) Since this statute has been amended by the insertion of the word “writing,” I am of opinion that all writings, whether inclosed under a sealed envelope or not, signed or unsigned, that are of an obscene, lewd, or lascivious character, are non-mailable matter, and covered by the statute. As to the question raised regarding what eons!ilutes a publication, 1 shall hold that to inclose an obscene, lewd, or lascivious writing in a sealed envelope and mail it to another is a publication of that wilting, and would place it within the power of the party receiving the letter to institute a prosecution for the offense.

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