People v. Wepplo

The defendants were prosecuted and found guilty by a jury on a charge that they did “wilfully and unlawfully and lewdly, in the City of Los Angeles, sell, distribute *961and keep for sale an obscene and indecent book,” naming it, in violation of subdivision 3 of section 311 of the Penal Code. That section provides in part as follows:

“311. Every person who willfully and lewdly, either:

1. . . . ; or,

2. . . . ; or,

3. Writes, composes, stereotypes, prints, publishes, sells,

distributes, keeps for sale, or exhibits any obscene or indecent writing, paper, or book; ... ; or,

4. . . . ; or,

5. ... ", is…