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UNITED STATES v. KIRBY

74 U.S. 482 (____)

7 Wall. 482

UNITED STATES v. KIRBY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ashton, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States.

No opposing counsel.

Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:

There can be but one answer, in our judgment, to the questions certified to us. The statute of Congress by its terms applies only to persons who "knowingly and wilfully" obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of its carrier; that is, to those who know that the acts performed will have

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