Legal Opinion
United States v. Levine
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 6, 1936No. 252PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was indicted in one count for posting an obscene circular, and in eight subsequent counts for posting obscene circulars advertising obscene books. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty only on the eighth count and the others were dismissed; the circular laid in that count was alleged . to have advertised five books, of which only three are before us; they are entitled, “Secret Museum of Anthropology,” “Crossways of Sex” and “Black Lust.” The first is a reproduction of a collection of photographs, for the most part of nude female savages of different…
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