Commonwealth v. Dejardin

The defendant is indicted under the St. of 1862, c. 168, § 1, which provides that “ whoever imports, prints, publishes, sells, or distributes any book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, or other thing containing obscene, indecent or impure language, or any obscene, indecent or impure prints, pictures, figures, or descriptions, manifestly tending to the corruption of the morals of youth; or introduces into any family, school or place of education; or buys, procures, receives, or has in his possession any such book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, or other thing, either for the purpose of sale,…