| Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - Justices of the peace - 1870 - 668 pages
...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 obscenity...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. Now, with regard to this work,... | |
| Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - Justices of the peace - 1870 - 672 pages
...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 whose hands a publication of this sort may fallNow, with regard to this work,... | |
| Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1871 - 856 pages
...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 obscenity...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. Now, with regard to this work,... | |
| Samuel Robinson Clarke - Criminal justice, Administration of - 1872 - 762 pages
...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...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. ( / ) It is no defence to an... | |
| Samuel Robinson Clarke - Criminal law - 1872 - 778 pages
...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...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall, (/) It is no defence to an indictment... | |
| Law - 1872 - 218 pages
...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 corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. One more observation as to the... | |
| Law - 1873 - 680 pages
...Cockburn in the case of Ilcrj. v. Hieklin, " I think," said his Lordship, "the test of obscenity is this —whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall." Cue more observation as to the... | |
| India - Criminal law - 1874 - 656 pages
...cases will generally be bold enough. In the language of Cockburn, CJ, " the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of the sort may fall." Therefore, where a person was... | |
| Law - 1920 - 516 pages
...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...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences and into whose hands the publication may fall. An interesting criticism of this case is... | |
| Nicholas St. John Green - Criminal law - 1879 - 838 pages
...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 obscenity...corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. Now, with regard to this work,... | |
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