City of Chicago v. Lord

The City of Chicago, plaintiff, appeals from judgments in favor of the defendant in separate actions wherein the respective defendants, Lord and Chertkoff, were charged with unlawfully exhibiting for gain or profit in a place of amusement open to the general public, pictures containing obscene, lewd, indecent or immoral matter in violation of section 13, chapter 192, Municipal Code of Chicago. Reference is made in plaintiff’s brief to a further charge against each defendant in violating section 9 of chapter 192, which prohibits the exhibition of indecent, immoral or lewd pictures or plays.…