Swearingen v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1896-03-09

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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 éditor 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…

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