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R v Penguin Books Ltd was the public prosecution in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. The trial took place over six days, in No 1 court of the Old Bailey, between 20 October and 2 November 1960 with Mervyn Griffith-Jones prosecuting, Gerald Gardiner counsel for the defence and Laurence Byrne presiding. The trial was a test case of the defence of public good provision under section 4 of the Act which was defined as a work "in the interests of science, literature, art or learning, or of other objects of general concern".

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  • Cúiseamh, a bhain le foilsiú an úrscéil le D.H. Lawrence, ab ea R v Penguin Books Ltd. sa bhliain 1960 i Sasana. Bhí cás an ionchúisimh bunaithe ar an Obscene Publications Act 1959. (ga)
  • R v Penguin Books Ltd was the public prosecution in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. The trial took place over six days, in No 1 court of the Old Bailey, between 20 October and 2 November 1960 with Mervyn Griffith-Jones prosecuting, Gerald Gardiner counsel for the defence and Laurence Byrne presiding. The trial was a test case of the defence of public good provision under section 4 of the Act which was defined as a work "in the interests of science, literature, art or learning, or of other objects of general concern". The jury found for the defendant in a result that ushered in the liberalisation of publishing, and which some saw as the beginning of the permissive society in Britain. (en)
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  • And the Beatles' first LP. (en)
  • Between the end of the Chatterley ban (en)
  • In nineteen sixty-three (en)
  • Sexual intercourse began (en)
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  • Cúiseamh, a bhain le foilsiú an úrscéil le D.H. Lawrence, ab ea R v Penguin Books Ltd. sa bhliain 1960 i Sasana. Bhí cás an ionchúisimh bunaithe ar an Obscene Publications Act 1959. (ga)
  • R v Penguin Books Ltd was the public prosecution in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. The trial took place over six days, in No 1 court of the Old Bailey, between 20 October and 2 November 1960 with Mervyn Griffith-Jones prosecuting, Gerald Gardiner counsel for the defence and Laurence Byrne presiding. The trial was a test case of the defence of public good provision under section 4 of the Act which was defined as a work "in the interests of science, literature, art or learning, or of other objects of general concern". (en)
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  • Cás R v Penguin Books Ltd 1959 ('Lady Chatterley's Lover') (ga)
  • R v Penguin Books Ltd (en)
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