[?]aked Ladies Were An Obscene Libel

Obscene Libel

[ARGED with “publishing an

obscene libel”, Leong Shorn, a Mantanikau storekeeper, was i £l5 at the Deputy Com ;ioner’s Court, Honiara, BSIP, (larch 10. In a reserved judg t, Mr. M. B. Hamilton held that ick of cards which the accused caused to be sold, showing ngraphs of naked or near-naked ien, was in all the circum ces. obscene. the end of the case the rney-General (Mr. P. N. on) notified the Court that he .d apply for a summons against accused to show cause why iar packs of cards found in his ' should not be destroyed.

H. A. Leventsam, Assistant Jtary to the Western Samoa Tnment, is on several months ugh in New Zealand.