Moens v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Herman M. Bernelot Moens was convicted of having in his possession obscene pictures and prints for the purpose of exhibiting the same, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appellant, defendant below, appeals from a conviction of having in his possession obscene pictures and prints for the purpose of exhibiting the same in violation of section 872 of the District of Columbia Code.
[1-3] The first assignment of error relates to the alleged refusal of the court to grant defendant’s motion for a bill of particulars. Generally this is considered to be a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court. Du Bois v. People, 200 Ill. 157, 65 N. E. 658, 93 Am. St. Rep. 183; Tilton v. Beecher, 59 N. Y. 176, 17 Am. Rep. 337; State v.…
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