Commonwealth v. Sharpless
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commonwealth-v-sharpless-242-10601173
title:
Commonwealth v. Sharpless
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Commonwealth v Sharpless was an obscenity trial. It has been described as the first obscenity trial in the United States. An action was brought by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against one Jesse Sharpless and five others in 1815. The item concerned was a painting, exhibited by the defendant for money, that showed "a man in an obscene, impudent, and indecent posture with a woman." The name of the painting has not been preserved. His defense was that the painting was located in his home and not
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Obscenity trial in Pennsylvania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_v._Sharpless
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2023-09-13T02:01:34Z
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