Commonwealth v. Fisher

Honeyman, J.,

Defendant, Warren J. Fisher, was arrested, indicted and tried before a judge sitting without a jury upon the charge of possession and sale of obscene literature contrary to The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, sec. 524, as amended by the Act of July 17, 1957, P. L. 972, sec. 1, 18 PS §4524. This forbids, among other things, the sale, distribution and possession with intent to sell of obscene literature and defines obscene literature as follows:

“Obscene literature consists of any writing, or printed matter, picture, image, drawing, figure, photograph or other pictorial…