In Re Henry

Citations

• 123 U.S. 372
• 8 S. Ct. 142
• 31 L. Ed. 174
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2181

Syllabus

<p>ORIGINAL.</p> <p>Each letter or packet put in or taken out from the post-office of the United ■ States iii violation of the provisions of llcv. Stat. § 5180 constitutes a separate and distinct violation of tlip act.</p> <p>Three separate offences (but not more) against the provisions of Rev. Stat. § 5180, when committed within the same six calendar months, may be joined, and when so joined there is to be a single sentence for all; bat this does not prevent other indictments, for other and distinct of-fences under the same statute committed within the same six- calendar months.</p>