Commonwealth v. Beacon Distributors, Inc.

In drafting indictments or complaints under G. L. c. 272, § 29 (as appearing in St. 1974, c. 430, § 9),1 *571it appears to have been the uniform practice to treat each act of unlawful dissemination as a separate offence which is punishable as such. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. 707 Main Corp., 371 Mass. 374, 375, 386 (1976); Commonwealth v. Rosenberg, 379 Mass. 334, 335 & n.2 (1979); Commonwealth v. Kocinski, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 120, 120-121 (1981); Commonwealth v. Lotten Books, Inc., 12 Mass. App. Ct. 625, 626, 629, 630, 631 (1981); Commonwealth v. Coast Vending Co., 12 Mass. App. Ct. 846, 847…