...writ, the Lord Chief Justice saying : " We have looked at the book which is the subject matter of the indictment, and we think it really raises a fair question...indictment alleged it to be, an obscene publication." Further, the Court accepted Mr. Bradlaugh's recognisances for £400 for the costs of the prosecution....

...writ, tho Lord Chief Justice saying : " Wo have looked at the book which is the subject-matter of the indictment, and we think it really raises a fair question...indictment alleged it to be, an obscene publication." Further, the Court accepted Mr. Bradlaugh's recognisances for £-100 for tho costs of the prosecution....

...come before anybody to try. If we really think it is a fair question as to whether it is a scientifiic work or not, and its object is a just •one, then...special jury, and therefore there •will be a writ of certiorary granted." Mr. Bradlaugh's recognisances for £400 for the costs of the prosecution were...

...writ was granted with the following remarks " We have looked at the book which is the subject matter of this indictment, and we think it really raises...is what the indictment alleged it to be, an obscene X publication. We think this is a question which will require to be decided by a judge, and we think...

...In this other case he granted a jury trial, giving as his judicial opinion that Knowlton's pamphlet "really raises a fair question as to whether it is a scientific production for legitimate purposes." Bradlaugh and Besant were convicted, but the jury's verdict reflected social bemusement: "We are unanimously...