Commonwealth v. Magid and Dickstein

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Appellants were charged with violating the act of May 12, 1897, P. L. 63, forbidding the sale and distribution of indecent pictures, etc. The indictment contained four counts. By direction of the court they were acquitted of manufacturing, and publishing obscene pictures; but were convicted of possessing them with intent to sell and of selling them. They assign ten specifications of error in support of their appeals.(1) Appellants were arrested on February 11,1927; a hearing was had the same day and continued until February 19, 1927, when Magid was released on bail,…