Commonwealth v. Abdo
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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