MONFRED v. STATE

[No. 55, September Term, 1961 (Adv.).]

226 Md. 312 (1961)

173 A.2d 173

MONFRED ET AL. v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin B. Greenfeld, with whom were William Greenfeld and Albert B. Polovoy on the brief, for the appellants.

Clayton A. Dietrich, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, Saul A. Harris, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and James W. Murphy, Assistant State's Attorney, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, HORNEY and MARBURY, JJ.


Decided August 9, 1961. Certiorari denied, 368 U.S. 953.

HORNEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellants, who engage in the retail sale of books and magazines in Baltimore City, were convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore of violating Code (1960 Cum. Supp.), Art. 27, § 418 (a), which makes it a misdemeanor for any person to "knowingly * * * sell * * * any lewd, obscene, or indecent book, magazine * * * drawing or photograph." The...

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