PEOPLE v. WILLIAMSON

Docket No. 8432.

207 Cal.App.2d 839 (1962)

24 Cal. Rptr. 734

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAMUEL DODD WILLIAMSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

September 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brock & Fleishman and Robert L. Brock for Defendant and Appellant.

William B. McKesson, District Attorney, Harold M. Stanley, Harry Wood and Ralph F. Bagley, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FOX, P.J.

Defendant was convicted of violating section 311, subdivision 3 of the Penal Code (selling an obscene book). The case comes to this court on the certification of the Appellate Department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

The alleged offense was committed on May 12, 1961. Section 311 provides that "Every person who wilfully and lewdly ... 3.... sells, distributes, keeps for sale, or exhibits any obscene or indecent writing, paper, or book...

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