...of this prosecution, namely, that obscene works are the subject-matter of indictment ; and I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. Now, with regard to this work, it is quite certain that it would suggest to the...

...part of this prosecution, namely, that obscene works are the subject-matter of indictment; and I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obecouity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into...

...Obscene publications. tion, namely, that obscene works are the subject-matter of indictment; and I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. Now, with regard to this work, it is quite certain that it would suggest to the...

...publication of any obscene writings is unlawful and indictable. (e) The test of an obscene publication is whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. ( / ) It is no defence to an indictment for such a publication that the object...

...publication of any obscene writings is unlawful and indictable. (e) The test of an obscene publication is whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall, (/) It is no defence to an indictment for such a publication that the object of...

...НieЫtп. " I â think," says his Lordship, "the test of obscenity is this — whether the tendency of the the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. One more observation as to the defence in Dixon v. Smith. Why, the plaintiffs counsel...

...down by Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn in the case of Ilcrj. v. Hieklin, " I think," said his Lordship, "the test of obscenity is this —whether the tendency...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall." Cue more observation as to the defence in Dixon v. Smith. Why, the plaintiff's...

...find impropriety in some of the noblest works of painting and sculpture that have descended to our times. But, however difficult it may be to draw the...selling a book called "The Confessional Unmasked," shewing the depravity of the Bomish Priesthood, the iniquity of the confessional, and the questions...

...of this prosecution, namely, that obscene works are the subject-matter of indictment ; and I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency...influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. Now, with regard to this work, it is quite certain that it would suggest to the...

...of obscenity was given by Cockburn, CJ, in 11 Cox CC 191, when he said that the test of obscenity is whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity...open to such immoral influences and into whose hands the publication may fall. An interesting criticism of this case is offered by the New York Law Journal...