Moral defence of the pastor of the First Progressive Christian Church /
by Damon Y. Kilgore, Esq. ; including eighteen reasons for a new trial with an argument in their support ; also, the charge, opinion and sentence of the court in the case of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Rev. Simon M. Landis, M.D., for publishing a book, entitled Secrets of generation ; phonographically reported by C.R. Morgan.

Description

Main Author

Kilgore, Damon Y. (Damon Young), 1827-1888.

Related Names

Landis, Simon M. (Simon Mohler), defendant.
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County)
Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Philadelphia County)

Language(s)

English

Published

[Philadelphia] : The Church, [1871?]

Subjects

Landis, Simon M. > Landis, Simon M. / (Simon Mohler)
Landis, Simon M. > Landis, Simon M. / (Simon Mohler) > Landis, Simon M. / (Simon Mohler) / Trials, litigation, etc.
Secrets of generation.
Obscenity (Law) > Obscenity (Law) / Pennsylvania > Obscenity (Law) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia.
Trials (Obscenity) > Trials (Obscenity) / Pennsylvania > Trials (Obscenity) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia.
Trials, litigation, etc.

Note

Landis was charged with obscenity for having published a sex education book, Secrets of generation, that was "lewd, filthy, and corrupt."
"In the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace for city and county of Philadelphia, January sessions, 1870."--p. 54.
Cover title.

Physical Description

75 p. ; 24 cm.

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