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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 09, 1972
Page
4
A Melbourne magistrate ruled the Little Red School Book obscene and ordered 171 copies seized by the Vice Squad on April 19 destroyed. The decision noted the book would likely deprave and corrupt school children among whom it was intended for distribution. City bookshop owners were summoned to show cause why the book should not be destroyed.
The court held The Little Red School Book obscene and ordered destruction but stayed the order for a month pending review. Owners Colin Edge, John Conroy, Neville Lyons, Carrien Dwyer, Robert Gould, W B and J E Wathen, and Mc Gills Newsagency faced $40 costs each. The judge noted pages 93 to 120 contain the chapter Sex and two Anglo Saxon words. The archbishop welcomed the decision.
In Canberra, a submission argued the land surrounding the South African Embassy is not protected premises. Peter Elkin, 20, of Empire Circuit, Forrest, is charged with illegal trespass on May 19, 1971. The defense contends only the mission buildings themselves are protected and the land around them is not. Judge Pearson reserved decision after testimony.
Newcastle Court heard Mr William Richard Thorpe 26 of South Yarra Victoria used unseemly words at the Palms dance hall Mew cane on May 5. He pleaded guilty and was remanded to July 4 by Mr B Hayes SM. Defence asked to forfeit bail due to contract commitments.
Parking inspector alleges he was struck by a man who removed an infringement notice from the car and shoved it into the defendant’s coat. Notaras pleads not guilty to unlawful assault and is remanded until May 12. Separate matters include a vagrancy charge and four drivers fined for drink driving offenses with disqualification periods.
ACT Supreme Court Justice Connor is to conclude his summing up today to the jury empanelled for four men charged with a sex offence. The men Emil Sigmund Raymond Green Reneld Craig and Donald McIntosh all pleaded not guilty to ravishing and indecent acts on a woman at a Weston construction site on November 7 1969. The trial was delayed as counsel were tied up in another case and jurors were told to return later.
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