Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Abdo

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 15, 1948No. Appeal, 65PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Defendant appeals from a conviction on an indictment charging that he “unlawfully . . . [had] in his possession with intent to sell, lend, give away and to show, and offer to lend, give away, sell and to show, a number of obscene . . . indecent and disgusting motion picture films [numbering eight reels, described by their obscene titles]”. Defendant’s contention is that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict, and assigns as error the overruling of his demurrer thereto. The judgment will be affirmed.

That the eight reels of motion pictures were obscene was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. WoodruffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  2. Commonwealth v. BellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MadisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. DelMARMOLSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Commonwealth v. ReynoldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Commonwealth v. WhiteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Com. v. Giple, JSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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