Criminal Obscenity: A Plea for Its Suppression |
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... itself , which selects them to describe the character of publications which are prohibited from being published . Sodom and Gomorrah were not the only cities which fell through corruption of the morals of their people II I DANGER SIGNS II.
... itself , which selects them to describe the character of publications which are prohibited from being published . Sodom and Gomorrah were not the only cities which fell through corruption of the morals of their people II I DANGER SIGNS II.
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... cities and nations have risen , flourished and died since their day and the down- fall of every one of them was presaged by a grow- ing sexual laxity and a prevailing indifference to an insistence on the maintenance of public morality ...
... cities and nations have risen , flourished and died since their day and the down- fall of every one of them was presaged by a grow- ing sexual laxity and a prevailing indifference to an insistence on the maintenance of public morality ...
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... children , particularly in large cities , whose parents cannot read English ? Happily some are so circum- stanced as to be able to safeguard their children . But what of the multitude of parents whose occu- pations 14 CRIMINAL OBSCENITY.
... children , particularly in large cities , whose parents cannot read English ? Happily some are so circum- stanced as to be able to safeguard their children . But what of the multitude of parents whose occu- pations 14 CRIMINAL OBSCENITY.
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... Cities of the Plain . It seems almost incredible , yet some publications , in free circulation , not merely portray unnatural vice but actually incite to it by extolling in seductive phrase the ecstatic pleasure of such indulgence . Is ...
... Cities of the Plain . It seems almost incredible , yet some publications , in free circulation , not merely portray unnatural vice but actually incite to it by extolling in seductive phrase the ecstatic pleasure of such indulgence . Is ...
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... cities and towns , and magazine editors more and more demand similar themes and similar heroines . Everywhere I go I find the victrola belching the brazen clang of jazz , screaming the suggestive songs of the music hall and bawling the ...
... cities and towns , and magazine editors more and more demand similar themes and similar heroines . Everywhere I go I find the victrola belching the brazen clang of jazz , screaming the suggestive songs of the music hall and bawling the ...
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Page 105 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 36 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 119 - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
Page 22 - The law is perfectly well settled that the first ten amendments to the Constitution, commonly known as the Bill of Rights, were not intended to lay down any novel principles of government, but simply to embody certain guaranties and immunities which we had inherited from our English ancestors, and which had from time immemorial been subject to certain well-recognized exceptions arising from the necessities of the case. In incorporating these principles into the fundamental law there was no intention...
Page 134 - ... for loan, gift, sale or distribution, any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting book...
Page 140 - ... every written or printed card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information directly or indirectly, where, or how, or from whom, or by what means any of the hereinbefore mentioned matters, articles, or things may be obtained or made...
Page 138 - Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character...
Page 140 - ... (a) any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, motion-picture film, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character...
Page 139 - ... thing may, or can be, used or applied for preventing conception or producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral purpose; and every description calculated to induce or incite a person to so use or apply any such article, instrument., substance, drug, medicine, or thing, is hereby declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier.
Page 139 - ... territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other state, territory or district of the United States or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof...