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SCOTT v. UNITED STATES

No. 80.

172 U.S. 343 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 209

43 L.Ed. 471

SCOTT, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.C. Campbell for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Boyd for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

Henry W. Scott, the plaintiff in error, was indicted under section 5467, Revised Statutes, for stealing a letter and its contents from the mail, and the indictment alleged that he unlawfully and wilfully secreted and embezzled a certain letter intended to be conveyed by mail and directed to Miss Mary Campbell, Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, he being a letter carrier in the city of New York and the letter...

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