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STATE v. SETTLE

C. Q. No. 636.

156 A.2d 921 (1959)

STATE v. Harry SETTLE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 21, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. Gen., Raymond J. Pettine, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State.

Albert L. Greenberg, John C. Burke, Newport, Horace S. Manges, New York City, for defendant.

Milton Stanzler, Norman G. Orodenker, Providence, for Rhode Island Affiliate American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiæ.

FROST, Justice.

This is an indictment charging the defendant with selling to a person under the age of eighteen years a certain book which is obscene, lewd, lascivious and indecent. The case is before us under the provisions of general laws 1956, § 9-24-27, on a certification by the superior court wherein the following questions involving the constitutionality of § 11-31-10 have been raised.

"Is Title 11, Chapter 31, Section 10, of the General Laws...

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