PEOPLE v. RICHMOND COUNTY NEWS


13 Misc.2d 1068 (1958)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Richmond County News Inc., Defendant.

Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Richmond County.

October 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Braisted, District Attorney (Royal Radin of counsel), for plaintiff.

Herbert Monte Levy for defendant.

CAWSE, Jr., J., concurs; SARAFITE, J., votes to convict without opinion.


LOUIS I. KAPLAN, J.

The defendant was charged with the violation of section 1141 of the Penal Law — which provides in part as follows: "A person who sells, lends, gives away, distributes * * * any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent, sadistic, masochistic or disgusting book, magazine * * * Is guilty of a misdemeanor".

The defendant was the sole and exclusive distributor for the...

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