Vachon v. New Hampshire

A 14-year-old girl bought a button inscribed “Copulation Not Masturbation” at the Head Shop in Manchester, New Hampshire. In consequence, appellant, operator of the shop, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $100 after conviction upon a charge of “wilfully” contributing to the delinquency of a minor in violation of New Hampshire’s Rev. Stat. Ann. § 169:32 (Supp. 1972) ,1 In affirming the conviction, the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that the “wilfully” component of the offense required that the State prove that the accused acted “ 'voluntarily and intentionally and not *479because of…