ACKERMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 17252.

293 F.2d 449 (1961)

Forest James ACKERMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ziskind & Ross by David Ziskind, of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Thomas R. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Division, Edward M. Medvene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, District Judge.


SWEIGERT, District Judge.

On March 16, 1960, the Grand Jury for the Southern District of California returned a five-count indictment against the appellant, charging in counts 1 through 5, respectively, that appellant on five separate occasions mailed letters which were obscene, lewd, indecent, lascivious and filthy in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1461.

Upon plea of not guilty, appellant waived trial by jury and requested the Court to...

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