The Trial of Lady Chatterley : Regina v. Penguin Books Limited : the transcript of the trial

Type

Book

Authors

Rolph, C. H.

ISBN 10

014013381X

ISBN 13

9780140133813

Tags

Movements & Periods, Censorship, Lady Chatterley, Trials, Obscenity, England, London, Penguin, litigation, United Kingdom Famous Trials

Abstract

"The decision to prosecute Penguin Books', said the Attorney-General in a written Parliamentary answer on 8 November 1960, 'was taken, not by the Government but by the director of public prosecutions, because in his opinion the evidence available disclosed, prima facie, an offence under the Act. the 'evidence available' was the forthcoming Penguin edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Was there anything else? There was the reputation of Penguin books Ltd, and their presumed intent in publishing 9to say nothing of Lawrence's intent in writing) this much-discussed novel..." - Introduction

Description

Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
The first day
Opening address for the prosecution
Opening address for the defence
The second day
Witnesses for the defence
The third day
The fourth day
The fifth day
Closing address for the defence
Closing address for the prosecution
The judge's summing-up
The sixth day
The summing up (continued)
The verdict

Biblio Notes

Edited by C.H. Rolph ; with a new foreword for this thirtieth anniversary edition by Geoffrey Robertson ; with illustrations by Paul Hogarth and a selection of cartoons.

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