Legal Opinion
People v. Viking Press, Inc.
New York City Magistrates' Court
Decided May 23, 1933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Greenspan,
City Magistrate. This prosecution is instituted by , The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, through Mr. John ' S. Sumner, its secretary and attorney, against The Viking Press, Inc., the publishers of a certain book by one Erskine Caldwell entitled “ God’s Little Acre,” and against Helen Schiller, a clerk in the employ of the publishers, who sold the book to an agent of the society.
It is claimed that the sale of the book is a violation of section 1141 of the Penal Law and that the book is, within the meaning of that statute, “ obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. . MullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Halsey v. New York Society for the Suppression of ViceNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- People v. WendlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- People v. PeskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- People v. Clinton T. Brainard and Harper & Bros.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
3Cited by7 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Bantam Books, Inc. v. MelkoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- People v. Gotham Book Mart, Inc.New York City Magistrates' Court · 1936
- People v. Creative Age Press, Inc.New York City Magistrates' Court · 1948
- People v. Fritch, New York County Courts1963
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