People v. Strassner

Defendant was convicted on an information under section 1141 of the Penal Law charging him with unlawfully possessing and selling an obscene phonograph record. He concedes its sale and its obscenity but appeals on the ground that the statute does not cover a phonograph record.

The pertinent portion of section 1141 reads as follows: “ 1. A person who sells, lends, gives away, distributes or shows, or offers to sell, lend, give away, distribute, or show, or has in his possession with intent to sell, lend, distribute or give away, or to show, or advertises in any manner, or who otherwise offers…