United States v. Potomac News Co., of 56 Cartons Containing 19,500 Copies of a Magazine Entitled "Hellenic Sun,"

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

An importer of an undated magazine devoted to pictures of male nudes has appealed from a judgment ordering the destruction of the magazines as obscene. He contests the constitutionality of the statute authorizing their seizure, the procedures in the Bureau of Customs and those in the District Court and the finding that the magazines were without socially redeeming value. We find no merit in any of the positions taken.

Fifty-six cartons containing 19,500 copies of “Hellenic Sun Number Two” arrived in Baltimore from Denmark, consigned to customhouse brokers on behalf of…