Commonwealth v. Buckley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, found and returned in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk on February 8, 1908, under R. L. c. 212, § 20, charging the defendant with selling a certain printed book' entitled “Three Weeks,” containing in and upon certain pages certain obscene, indecent and impure language, manifestly tending to corrupt the morals of youth, as set forth in specifications filed by the Commonwealth.
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Indictment, found and returned in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk on February 8, 1908, under R. L. c. 212, § 20, charging the defendant with selling a certain printed book' entitled “Three Weeks,” containing in and upon certain pages certain obscene, indecent and impure language, manifestly tending to corrupt the morals of youth, as set forth in specifications filed by the Commonwealth. In the Superior Court the defendant was tried before Brown, J. Before the jury were impanelled, the defendant filed a motion to quash the indictment, which is referred to in the opinion. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This is an indictment under R. L. c. 212, § 20, charging the defendant with selling “ a certain printed book ” which contained “ certain obscene, indecent and impure language, and manifestly tending to the corruption of the morals of youth.” The case is before us upon the defendant’s exceptions to the overruling of the motion to quash” the indictment and to the refusal of the judge to give certain rulings requested at the trial. It is stated in the defendant’s brief that the questions raised in the motion to quash, so far as now relied upon, are covered in his request for rulings. We…
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