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...mistake," Deguglielmo said, "and it won't happen again." Before the session began, Martin handed a copy of the magazine under discussion, The Harvard Pontoon, to Judge Dowd, who read it through without comment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Court Levies $100 Fine For Lampoon's Parody | 12/12/1950 | See Source »

...Lampoon first came to police attention when a practical joker called them October 28 to complain about the editors' parody of mid-western humor magazines, The Pontoon. The police immediately had all copies of the publication removed from newsstands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Court Levies $100 Fine For Lampoon's Parody | 12/12/1950 | See Source »

Thompson told the Grand Jury that he found The Pontoon "quite raw," and thought it should be prosecuted. No individual editor could be charged since the Lampoon is a corporation under a Commonwealth of Massachusetts charter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Court Levies $100 Fine For Lampoon's Parody | 12/12/1950 | See Source »

...time, Stone denied issuance by police of a complaint against The Pontoon on a charge of "distributing obscene material through minors." However he branded the magazine "filthy, obscene, and licentious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Middlesex Jury Indicts Lampoon Corporation | 12/8/1950 | See Source »

...Pontoon first came to police attention through a phone call on the morning of the Dartmouth game by a practical joker who claimed to be a Radcliffe girl's mother. Police then seized all copies from newsboys and newsstands and planned criminal action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Middlesex Jury Indicts Lampoon Corporation | 12/8/1950 | See Source »

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