The police are sluggish to respond and let it be known that a bookstore purveying obscene literature has no place in their community.
And I'll take that item of obscene literature off you, while I'm about it.
This was required so that the authorities did not declare the literature obscene.
He was convicted of sending obscene literature in interstate commerce, fined $2,500 and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
He particularly took a stand against the publication of what he saw as 'obscene' literature.
It is not often that the police can be accused of disseminating obscene literature.
Today, the constitution does not protect obscene literature.
Moral offenses include gambling, indecent exposure, and the distribution of obscene literature.
The court declared the Protocols to be forgeries, plagiarisms, and obscene literature.
To some extent therefore, the law dealing with obscene and indecent literature is a somewhat elusive reference point for the librarian.