"VERSUS AND ADONIS."
case MEanaiifcSU (By Asso^ ' CHRISTCHURCH, ! t_ft __ r ' , G. H. Whitcombe, of mi_v___7 ; '<*. Tombs, booksellers,' WdSgt^f having sold an immoral hook*! ** Venus and Adonis," a poembV wni^* Shakespeare." The __-nAhV^_ was admitted. ."_.>** Mr Alpers, solicitor for the •!________. -' tion, said the charge had beerTuffig- ' instance of leading bookseSe« V church and New Zealand to «__£_t their rights under the Offen«S*£? I cations' Act. Many books on their shelves wi£_in* l__] ways might be regarded as -wori «P those for which tfree *£ convicted on Tuesday. I "Venus and Adonis" *-*_ $8$ £ asserted, was chaste as ice andl Adonis" was not a clawfc, __?%_), crude work of a boy, and w_e_ &*fe_! i peare was convicted of poachW ■ *** | For the defence Mr Wrfc_?W & j action was brought to _how the ntfer | absurdity of applying the OffeMh* *_£ ' J hcations' Act to literature. -#_f - [ After a lengthy conn_lttti_n.au Bench (two justices) di.missed the eat*
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 237, 3 October 1908, Page 4
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