State v. Zurhorst

Citations

• 75 Ohio St. (N.S.) 232

Syllabus

<p>Disposing of obscene literature — Indictment for violation of Section 7027, Revised Statutes — Need not contain copy of alleged indecent matter, when — Criminal law.</p> <p>An indictment for a violation of Section 7027, Revised Statutes, which charges that the accused, at a certain time and in a certain county, “unlawfully did have in his possession two hundred and twenty-one copies of a certain article of an indecent and immoral nature, to-wit, a certain printed pamphlet of an indecent and immoral nature, entitled ‘Circular Number One — A Biographical Sketch of a Few Short Skate Politicians,’ for the' purpose nof giving away, exhibiting and publishing the said pamphlet, which said pamphlet is so indecent and immoral in its nature that the same would be offensive to the court and improper to be placed upon the records thereof,” is sufficient in law, without containing a copy of the alleged indecent and immoral pamphlet.</p>