People v. Creative Age Press, Inc.

Strong, M.

Tbe defendant is charged with having committed a misdemeanor under subdivision 1 of section 1141 of tbe Penal Law by reason of having sold a book entitled “ Tbe Gilded Hearse ”, published by the defendant, which the complainant *189alleges to be ‘ ‘ obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent and disgusting. ’ ’

At the hearing before this court the defendant’s counsel offered as evidence a collection of letters claimed by it to be written by ‘ ‘ prominent members of the community stating their opinions of The Gilded Hearse.” These persons had concededly been solicited by the defendant to…