District Court, N.D. Iowa May 30, 1894 (United States v. Nathan)

SHIRAS, District Judge.

The indictment in this case is based upon the second section of the act of congress approved September 26, 1888 (25 Stat. 496), and charges that the defendant did knowingly deposit in the post office of the United States, at the town of G-ranvelle, Sioux county, Iowa, for mailing and delivery, a certain envelope, containing an obscene, lewd, and indecent letter.