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~7- ~ which the courts of Ohio have found to be obscene. The vote in this case was 6 - 3. The regrettoble, but obvious conclusion is that the community standords prevailing among the Supreme Court judges who voted in such a way, are substantially below the standards ot the communities over which they sit in judgment. In my own state of New York, the Court ot Appeals in an incredible 4 - 3 decision, reversed an Injunction barring the sale of "Fanny Hill" ond declared that the novel was not obscene. In another startling decision on that very day, the same court declared Section 484 H of the New York State Penal Law, a portion dealing with pornography, unconstitutional . Section 484 H cleorly stated: "That a person who wilfully or knowingly sells, lends, gives away...to any person under 18 years of age... any book, pocketbook, pamphlet or magazine, the cover or contents of which exploits, is devoted to, or is principally made up of descriptions of illicit sex or sexual immorality, etc...., shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” a SE