Commonwealth v. Wright

This is an indictment under the Pub. Sts. c. 207, § 15, for publishing and distributing a printed paper containing obscene, indecent, and impure language. In both of the counts upon which the defendant was convicted, it is alleged to be a paper so obscene in its character that it cannot with decency be spread upon the records of the court. No general description of it by title or contents is given in the indictment, nor are any other means afforded thereby which would distinguish it from any other paper of its class. Before the trial, the defendant moved to quash the indictment, among other…