The defendant is charged with violating the obscenity statute (Penal Law, § 235.05) in that, knowing its contents and character, he promoted and possessed, with intent to promote, certain obscene motion picture films.
This prosecution was initiated by an arrest by a police officer, executed without a warrant, after he had viewed a certain motion picture film. The film was not seized nor was there any prior judicial scrutiny...
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