11. Reigen
box 19/1
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EXHIBLT A.
CITT MAGISTRATES' COURT OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK.
Suconn Disrnier, Bokoven or MANHATTAN.
THE PEoPLE, Erc., on the Com¬
Charge:
plaint of
Violation
JoHN S. SUMNER,
Section
1141 of the
VS.
Penal Law.
MAx GorrsCHALK.
(Hearing resumed.)
New York, November 27, 1929.
Before—Hon. Lovis B. Bnonsky, City Magistrate.
Same Appearances.
Frederick J. Miller,
Official Stenographer.
Tnn Covar: The defendant is charged with hav¬
ing violated Section 1141 of the Penal Law by bis
possession and sale of an English translation of
Reigen'' For the purpose of the record, the pos¬
session and sale of the book by the defendant was
conceded. The entire book was offered in evidence
and the attention of the court was directed to cer¬
tain passages for a special examination. The de¬
fendant maintains, however, that such possession
and sale did not offend against the provisions ofthe
law, and asserts that the book is not an “obscene,
lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent and disgusting