Dealer acquitted of indecent book sale: Jury deliberates 10 hours prior to verdict

Abstract

Claude Cummings, on trial after being indicted by a grand jury for selling "Men into Beasts", was acquitted on a vote of 11 to 1.

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Resource type
- Intellectual Freedom News
Collections
- Intellectual Freedom Issues in Oregon: A News Database
Challenged
- Men into beasts by George Sylvester Viereck; any other indecent literature
Reading level
- young adult
Participant
- Claude Cummings, Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper, Deputy District Attorney C. L. Marsters, Defense Attorney Bruce Williams
Outcome
- The distributor and defendant was acquitted by the jury 11 to 1.
Location
- Marion County
Source
- Capital Journal (Salem)
Is part of
- Intellectual Freedom Issues in Oregon: A News Database
Keywords
Additional information
- Marion County