Is a post office inspector's purpose to induce or solicit the commission of a crime?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Freeman v. United States, 243 F. 353 (9th Cir. 1917):

'It does not appear that it was the purpose of the post office inspector to induce or solicit the commission of a crime, but it was to ascertain whether the defendant was engaged in an unlawful business.' [243 F. 356] See, also, Goldman v. United States, 220 F. 57, 135 C.C.A. 625, and cases there cited.

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