Sale Of Casebook Restricted

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31500, 14 October 1967, Page 44

Sale Of Casebook Restricted

- *r«»» itnciatlon) WELLINGTON, Oct 13. The Indecent HMieatiau Tribualjn vde- . cifHß. •tiiiy» pathia Senattr a* indecent, Meth o order rMtrtettac Ke •tie to per■ancncaned wKfc aeepiWcBMVBUiy w W■»••• 'ante The chairman at the tri>unal (Sir Kenneth Grewon) aid the book, by R. V. KrafftCbbing, waa very different in

character from books the tribunal had previously considered. It wi • scientific treatise, largely the case book of an eminent Viennese, psychiatrist dealing In particular with sexual aberrations. It was first published in 18M and tfila. the seventeenth edition, had been brought up to date by the inclusion of fresh material Sir Kenneth Gresson said the book was not suitable reading for adolescents but because of its specialist value, and. having regard to the pro-

• visions of subsection (B) of . Section lief the statute the tribunal did not classify it as , indecent Ho recalled that i Mr R. A. Heron had appeared :on behalf of the publisher i and had argued that the book i was produced as a serious [ study of the topics it dealt , with. i The Justice Department Had been represented and had submitted that because of the special character of the book i there should be some rostrie- ; tion on sale. Two books, “Ths Naked ■ Lunch** and "Story of O’*

were today placed before the tribunal by the Customs DoMitment Both the Comptroller of Customs and the publishers sent letters saying , they would not be appearing or submitting written views. The tribunal will consider the books later. A decision on "Last Bait Io Brooklyn” will be given at the next sitting. ssassasacssesssKManEaßKasaß