Is the Bible indictable? Being an enquiry whether the Bible comes within the ruling of the Lord Chief Justice as to Obscene Literature
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Place of Publication: London
Collation: 15 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes: From the library of Dr Moncure Conway. Printed by Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh,28, Stonecutter Street. Date of publication from KVK. Originally published as a series of articles in the National Reformer and later condensed into this pamphlet. Issued during the Besant/Bradlaugh obscenity trial presided over by Lord Chief Justice Cockburn. They were tried for publishing Charles Knowlton's birth control pamphlet entitled 'Fruits of Philosophy'.
Collation: 15 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes: From the library of Dr Moncure Conway. Printed by Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh,28, Stonecutter Street. Date of publication from KVK. Originally published as a series of articles in the National Reformer and later condensed into this pamphlet. Issued during the Besant/Bradlaugh obscenity trial presided over by Lord Chief Justice Cockburn. They were tried for publishing Charles Knowlton's birth control pamphlet entitled 'Fruits of Philosophy'.
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This work (Is the Bible indictable?),identified by Humanist Library and Archives, is free of known copyright restrictions.
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English
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Besant, Annie Wood [1847-1933], “Is the Bible indictable? Being an enquiry whether the Bible comes within the ruling of the Lord Chief Justice as to Obscene Literature,” Conway Hall Library and Archives Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2025, https://conwayhallcollections.omeka.net/items/show/622.