+Penal Law--Sections 1141 and 1143+
+Sec. 1141.+ _Obscene prints and articles._ 1. A person who sells,
lends, gives away or shows, or offers to sell, lend, give away, or
show, or has in his possession with intent to sell, lend or give
away, or to show, or advertises in any manner, or who otherwise
offers for loan, gift, sale or distribution, any obscene, lewd,
lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting book, magazine, pamphlet,
newspaper, story paper, writing, paper, picture, drawing, photograph,
figure or image, or any written or printed matter of an indecent
character; or any article or instrument of indecent or immoral use,
or purporting to be for indecent or immoral use or purpose, or who
designs, copies, draws, photographs, prints, utters, publishes, or in
any manner manufactures, or prepares any such book, picture, drawing,
magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, writing, paper, figure,
image, matter, article or thing, or who writes, prints, publishes, or
utters, or causes to be written, printed, published, or uttered, any
advertisement or notice of any kind, giving information, directly or
indirectly, stating, or purporting so to do, where, how, of whom, or by
what means any, or what purports to be any, obscene, lewd, lascivious,
filthy, disgusting or indecent book, picture, writing, paper,
figure, image, matter, article or thing, named in this section can
be purchased, obtained or had or who has in his possession, any slot
machine or other mechanical contrivance with moving pictures of nude
or partly denuded female figures which pictures are lewd, obscene,
indecent or immoral, or other lewd, obscene, indecent or immoral
drawing, image, article or object, or who shows, advertises or exhibits
the same, or causes the same to be shown, advertised, or exhibited,
or who buys, owns or holds any such machine with the intent to show,
advertise or in any manner exhibit the same; or who,
2. Prints, utters, publishes, sells, lends, gives away or shows, or
has in his possession with intent to sell, lend, give away or show,
or otherwise offers for sale, loan, gift or distribution, any book,
pamphlet, magazine, newspaper or other printed paper devoted to the
publication, and principally made up of criminal news, police reports,
or accounts of criminal deeds, or pictures, or stories of deeds of
bloodshed, lust or crime; or who,
3. In any manner, hires, employs, uses or permits any minor or child to
do or assist in doing any act or thing mentioned in this section, or
any of them,
Is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to
not less than ten days nor more than one year imprisonment or be fined
not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or both
fine and imprisonment for each offense.
+Sec. 1143.+ _Mailing or carrying obscene prints and articles._ A
person who deposits, or causes to be deposited, in any post-office
within the state, or places in charge of an express company, or of
a common carrier, or other person, for transportation, any of the
articles or things specified in the last two sections, or any circular,
book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice relating thereto, with the
intent of having the same conveyed by mail or express, or in any other
manner, or who knowingly or wilfully receives the same, with intent to
carry or convey, or knowingly or wilfully carries or conveys the same,
by express, or in any other manner except in the United States mail, is
guilty of a misdemeanor.