People v. Richmond County News Inc.

The defendant was charged with the violation of section 1141 of the Penal Law — which provides in part as follows: “ A person who sells, lends, gives away, distributes * * * any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent, sadistic, masochistic or disgusting book, magazine * * * Is guilty of a misdemeanor

The defendant was the sole and exclusive distributor for the magazine in question for the County of Richmond. The magazine was distributed to approximately 102 dealers over a period of 2 days. The defendant corporation uses the classification “ men’s Candids ” to embrace the type of magazine…