Tidmore v. City of Birmingham

The appellant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County for a violation of Section 16-18 of the General Code of the City of Birmingham 1964, as amended, making it unlawful for any person to knowingly publish, print, exhibit, distribute or have in his possession with the requisite intent any obscene matter. In this instance the obscene matter was a movie entitled Illusions of Love. The appellant was the manager of the Centennial Cinema in Birmingham, Alabama, where the movie was being shown.

On appeal the sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Nor does the…