November 2, 1960: Penguin Books Verdict
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🗓️ 2 November 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:27.0 | Today is Saturday, November 2nd, 2019. |
| 0:35.0 | On this day in 1960, a jury ruled in a landmark case against Penguin Books in London. |
| 0:42.0 | It changed the course of English obscenities. case against Penguin Books in London. |
| 0:42.8 | It changed the course of English obscenity law. |
| 0:45.8 | The fight centered around one Lady Constance Chatterley |
| 0:50.0 | and her torrid loveer. Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. |
| 1:05.0 | Every day we flip back the calendar to this date years ago |
| 1:09.0 | and recount one event from True Crime History. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm Vanessa Richardson. |
| 1:14.0 | Today we find ourselves rooting for the criminals for once |
| 1:18.0 | as we follow the 1960 trial of Regina v Penguin Books. |
| 1:23.6 | The publisher had come under fire after attempting to sell copies of D.H. Lawrence's |
| 1:28.4 | 1928 book, Lady Chatterley's Lover. It's a highly sexual novel and the old-fashioned English |
| 1:36.1 | legal system wanted to make sure it stayed out of Reader's Hands. Due to the |
| 1:41.5 | erotic nature of today's topic, listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:46.0 | Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. |
| 1:49.4 | We open in the courtroom on the last day of the trial, Wednesday 2nd 1960. Sir Alan Lane, the head of |
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