PEOPLE v. BOOKCASE, INC.


40 Misc.2d 796 (1963)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. The Bookcase, Inc., Irwin Weisfeld and John Downs, Defendants.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County.

November 14, 1963


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Gerald Harris of counsel), for plaintiff. Emanuel Redfield for defendants.

IMPELLITTERI, J., concurs with GASSMAN, J.; SILVER, P. J., concurs in a separate opinion.


BENJAMIN GASSMAN, J.

The defendants are charged with a violation of section 484-h of the Penal Law, in that the defendants "on September 4, 1963, in the County of New York, unlawfully and wilfully and knowingly sell, lend, give away and show, to a certain minor called Kathleen Keegan, who was then under the age of eighteen years, a certain book and pocket book entitled `The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure', the contents of which exploited, was devoted...

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