SHAW V. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
House of Lords A.C. 220 (1962)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a case involving a conviction for publishing a 'Ladies
Directory.'
FACTS: Shaw (D) took advantage of a new law that stopped street walkers from soliciting
their fares on the streets. D published a book called the Ladies Directory that contained
the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of prostitutes with nude photographs and
curriculum vitae's of what they were willing to perform. D was charged with a conspiracy to
corrupt public morals, earning a living on the wages of prostitution, and publishing an
obscene book. D was convicted and appealed. The first count was not charged pursuant to any
statute but charged under the common law. That charge indicated that D was attempting to
induce readers to resort to advertisers in the publication for fornication and taking part
in or witnessing disgusting immoral acts and exhibitions with intent to debauch and corrupt
the morals as well as youth as diverse other liege subjects of Our Lady the Queen to raise
and create in the minds inordinate and lustful desires.
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