 That, if any person shall, knowingly and wilfully, obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier, or of any horse or carriage, carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction, for every such offence, pay a fine not exceeding one...  The Postal Power of Congress: A Study in Constitutional Expansion - Page 45by Lindsay Rogers - 1916 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1892 - 764 pages
...the defendants were indicted for the violation of an act of Congress, providing "that if any person shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1892 - 762 pages
...the defendants were indicted for the violation of an act of Congress, providing " that if any person shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction,... | |
 | John Swinton - Political Science - 1894 - 514 pages
...and laws of the United States. To insure their unhindered transmission, it is made an offence to " knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or any carriage, horse, driver, or carrier carrying the same." It is also provided that "if two or more persons... | |
 | John Swinton - Labor movement - 1895 - 564 pages
...and laws of the United States. To insure their unhindered transmission, it is made an offence to " knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or any carriage, horse, driver, or carrier carrying the same." It is also provided that "if two or more persons... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 972 pages
...intent. In United States v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 19 L. cd. 278, the act provided "that if any persons shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier," etc. ". . . for every such offpiise shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred... | |
 | Arthur Jerome Eddy - Antitrust law - 1901 - 722 pages
...refuse to receive the United States. To insure their unhindered transmission, it is made an offense to knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or any carriage, horse, driver, or carrier carrying the same. It is also provided that 'if two or more persons... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 626 pages
...States v. 1 Wall. 482, in which an act of Congress, providing for the ( punishment of any person who " shall knowingly and wilfully \ obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or any driver or car- I rier," was held not to apply to a state officer who had a warrant / of arrest against... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 768 pages
...by a fine." US Rev. Sts. § 3995. The plaintiff objects that the statute applies only to persons who knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail or its carrier, that is, to those who know that the acts performed will have that effect and perform them... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 808 pages
...by a fine." US Rev. Sts. § 3995. The plaintiff objects that the statute applies only to persons who knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail or its carrier, that is, to those who know that the acts performed will have that effect and perform them... | |
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