Birth control pamphlet case ends with three year sentence
Allison is found guilty and sentenced to three years in the House of Correction after a Boston trial. The court heard cross examinations over pamphlets on birth control distributed to women and girls, with defense arguing the material was medical, not obscene.
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Allison
George Roewer
Pelletier
Rosner
Districtorney Pelletier
E. Chapin Parrot
Jack
Harvard
Murray
Roewer
Roener
North Street
Long
Lagrange Street
Marion Scolsi
Attorney Roewer
Bellingham Terrace
New Jersey
Columbia University
School of Design
Causeway Street
North End
William Robinson
McDonald
Anderson
Central Exchange
Milk Street
Margaret Sanger
Emma Goldman
New York
House of Correction
Lodg
Robinson
van Kleek Allison
Dorothea Parrot
Irving Granich
Lillian Siegel
Salem High School
Fernald Peebles
Exeter
N. H
Beatrice Campion
Boston University
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Address by District Attorney Pelletier on obscenity case
The closing argument asserts broad societal stakes in a Boston obscenity trial. It likens the case to Buckley and Hartford rulings, defends publication limits, and questions the honesty of witnesses while condemning material as corrupting youth.
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Pelletier
Boston
Commonwealth
Judge Rules Defendant Guilty in Obscene Publication Case
Judge Murray sentences the defendant after ruling on weather and other conditions. He finds the defendant guilty of all Commonwealth charges and declares the publications obscene indecent impure vile and unchaste. The court notes the alleged modern newspaper aims clash with divine law and Massachusetts statutes.
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Murray
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Judge Sentences Defendant in Leaflet Case
A Massachusetts judge condemns distributing leaflets to women during a vulnerable period, deeming it a disregard for the Commonwealth children. He cites respect for homes and motherhood and imposes a substantial prison sentence in all three cases.
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Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Funeral Service for John M Conry in East Boston
Prominent Bostonians and politicians attended the funeral for John M Conry former superintendent of sewers in East Boston. The solemn high mass of requiem was held at Sacred Heart Church East Boston and celebrated by Rev Edward J Mealey a cousin of Conry.
Reduction of $1.80 in Newburyport Tax Rate
Newburyport officials announced a tax rate cut of $1.80 per thousand to 19.20. Mayor Clarence J. Fogg hailed the move as proof the "pay as you go" policy is paying off, noting the city’s debt decrease over two years would total between $80,000 and $90,000.
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Newburyport
Board of Assessors
Clarence J. Fogg
Alleged Morphine Carriers Held in $500 Bail
A continuance under bail of five hundred dollars each was set in Municipal Court for Albert Davis and Harry Zimmerman both of Milford Street South End. They were arraigned on charges of possessing morphine and larceny from a department store.
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Albert Davis
Harry Zimmerman
Milford Street
South End
Dorchester Improvement Association Eyes Public Park Site
Dorchester residents form a 15 member committee led by Walter L. Tougas to urge Mayor Curley to have the city acquire land between Washington and Clayborne streets for a public park. They seek removal of billboard revenue impact and note the $15,000 assessed land value with a total park cost around $25,000. No action on garbage due to a resolved strike.
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Washington and
Clayborne Streets
Dorchester
Dorchester Improvement Association
Tonawanda Hall
Walter L. Tougas
Curley
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester Bay
Hank and His Animal Friends Break Up Picnic
Hank and his animal friends disrupt a daytime picnic in a playful scene. The article promises more details in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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Hank
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