Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Horton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 23, 1974PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant Horton, an employee in a Quincy bookstore, was indicted for the sale in August, 1971, of “certain obscene and impure magazines entitled ‘Love Theme’ and ‘Young Stuff.’ ” The defendant O’Brien, the owner of the bookstore, was indicted on the same day for possession of “certain obscene, indecent, or impure magazines ... [the same magazines] with intent to sell [them].” The cases were tried together in May, 1972, and the defendants were found guilty. Each defendant was placed on probation for one year; O’Brien was fined $1,000.
The defendants claimed various exceptions at trial but…
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