What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?

The obscenity trial began on 9 November 1928.

The journal was used as evidence in an obscenity trial, but the case was later dismissed on appeal.

The novel was subject to an obscenity trial in Turkey in 2011.

At the obscenity trial, nine literary experts testified on the poem's behalf.

Calling it obscene, the police said they wanted to destroy the book, which survived an obscenity trial in Cincinnati 10 years ago.

It was one of the most recent American books over which an obscenity trial was held.

The "significant proportion" test has been applied at obscenity trials ever since.

In obscenity trials before the 1959 legislation it was unnecessary for juries to consider the overall impact of the subject matter on its likely readers.