MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The record discloses that the defendant below was, in the month of September, 1894, the editor and publisher of a newspaper called "The Burlington Courier," and was indicted for having mailed several copies of the paper, containing the article referred to in the previous statement, addressed to different persons.
The bill of exceptions shows that, at the trial, the government offered...
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