Legal Opinion
People v. Bookcase, Inc.
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided November 14, 1963PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Gassman, J.
The defendants are charged with a violation of section 484-h of the Penal Law, in that the defendants “ on September 4,1963, in the County of New York, unlawfully and wilfully and knowingly sell, lend, give away and show, to a certain minor called Kathleen Keegan, who was then under the age of eighteen years, a certain book and pocket book entitled ‘ The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure ’, the contents of which exploited, was devoted to, and was principally made up of descriptions of illicit sex and sexual immorality which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent and disgusting ’ ’.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Butler v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- People Ex Rel. Price v. Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- People v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Larkin v. G. P. Putnam's SonsNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- People v. SeltzerNew York Supreme Court · 1924
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- State v. TriplettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. LidaCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1964
- People v. HayCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1963
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967