THOMAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 13465.

262 F.2d 844 (1959)

Robert William THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Carnahan, Columbus, Ohio, for appellant.

Loren G. Windom, Asst. U. S. Atty., Columbus, Ohio (Hugh K. Martin, Columbus, Ohio, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SIMONS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and THORNTON, District Judge.


THORNTON, District Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a jury in the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio on a one-count indictment charging him with a violation of Section 1461 United States Code, Title 18, in that he did knowingly deposit for mailing in the United States mails an obscene and filthy letter addressed to Miss Ruth Ann Wilson of Vienna, West Virginia.

The appellant's complaint of his conviction brings into focus a question of...

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