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STUDENTS DEFACED THEM ■COURTS AGREE. LONDON, Jan. 10. The Paris correspondent of “The Times” says that a remarkable judgment in defence of public morals has been given by the court at Dijon in an action against three students, whom music-hall managers sued for defacing performance posters, claiming 1000 francs damages. The students contended that the posters were indecent. The Judge censured them for taking the law into their own hands, but non-suited the plaintiffs on the ground that the display of the posters was an immoral and anti-social act. The court ruled that the costs should be shared. The managers appealed to a higher court, which upheld the finding. The .plaintiffs had no case, said the court. The had advertised “a licentious spectacle, appealing to the lowest instincts.” They were ordered to pay the whole of the costs. The Federation of Music Hall Lessees is appealing to! the Court of Cassation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10313, 24 January 1927, Page 3
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