Lotteries, Frauds and Obscenity in the MailsPress of E.W. Stephens, 1900 - 358 من الصفحات |
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... ment . In 1783 , another act to the same effect , though more stringent , was passed , forbidding private lotteries and gave the State a monopoly of the business . From that time to 1821 no less than forty - four acts were passed ...
... ment . In 1783 , another act to the same effect , though more stringent , was passed , forbidding private lotteries and gave the State a monopoly of the business . From that time to 1821 no less than forty - four acts were passed ...
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... ment , was evidently relying on Mr. Jefferson's memorial to the Virginia Legislature in 1826 , praying for authority to establish a lottery for the sale of his property , in which he says that from 1782 to 1820 no less then seventy acts ...
... ment , was evidently relying on Mr. Jefferson's memorial to the Virginia Legislature in 1826 , praying for authority to establish a lottery for the sale of his property , in which he says that from 1782 to 1820 no less then seventy acts ...
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... ment of a wager . A lottery is called " a game of hazard " in Worcester's Dictionary , in Ree's Cyclopaedia , in Bell vs. State , 5 Sneed ( Tenn . ) , 507 , in France vs. State , 6 Baxter ( Tenn . ) , 478 , and in State vs. Lumsden , 89 ...
... ment of a wager . A lottery is called " a game of hazard " in Worcester's Dictionary , in Ree's Cyclopaedia , in Bell vs. State , 5 Sneed ( Tenn . ) , 507 , in France vs. State , 6 Baxter ( Tenn . ) , 478 , and in State vs. Lumsden , 89 ...
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... ment cases to be hereafter noticed , the Department reversed its policy and refused to permit the mails to be used to advertise a business conducted upon such conditions . Sec . 19. There is another class of cases lying along the border ...
... ment cases to be hereafter noticed , the Department reversed its policy and refused to permit the mails to be used to advertise a business conducted upon such conditions . Sec . 19. There is another class of cases lying along the border ...
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... ment enters into the chance and , that is , they do not know the number of the prize ticket nor do they know the numbers of the tickets they are to receive and hence their conception of the chance in that case has a two - fold aspect in ...
... ment enters into the chance and , that is , they do not know the number of the prize ticket nor do they know the numbers of the tickets they are to receive and hence their conception of the chance in that case has a two - fold aspect in ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 229 - ... scheme or device for obtaining money or property of any kind through the mails by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
الصفحة 347 - The interference of the courts with the performance of the ordinary duties of the executive departments of the Government, would be productive of nothing but mischief; and we are quite satisfied that such a power was never intended to be given to them.
الصفحة 11 - The Postmaster General may, upon evidence satisfactory to him that any person or company is engaged in conducting any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme for the distribution of money, or of any real or personal property by lot, chance, or drawing of any kind...
الصفحة 296 - ... acts or duties necessarily calling for the exercise of judgment and discretion on the part of the officer or body at whose hands their performance is required, mandamus will not lie.
الصفحة 333 - Regulations for these purposes may press with more or less weight upon one than upon another, but they are designed, not to impose unequal or unnecessary restrictions upon anyone, but to promote, with as little individual inconvenience as possible, the general good.
الصفحة 225 - Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
الصفحة 264 - Whoever shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable...
الصفحة 264 - Indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory or threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of another...
الصفحة 334 - To justify the State in thus interposing its authority in behalf of the public, it must appear, first, that the interests of the public generally, as distinguished from those of a particular class, require such interference; and, second, that the means are reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose, and not unduly oppressive upon individuals.
الصفحة 338 - Experience has shown that the common forms of gambling are comparatively innocuous when placed in contrast with the widespread pestilence of lotteries. The former are confined to a few persons and places, but the latter infests the whole community; it enters^ every dwelling; it reaches every class; it preys upon the hard earnings of the poor; it plunders the ignorant and simple.