ABSTRACT
Lord Reid: My Lords, the accused took part in publishing a magazine which contained a wide variety of material thought to be of interest to those holding ‘progressive’ views. Much of this material is unobjectionable. Some would be distasteful to many people, some is more objectionable. In this case we are only concerned with some columns of advertisements appearing on inner pages of the magazine. These columns are headed ‘Males’. In most cases these advertisements were inserted by homosexuals and their express purpose was to attract answers from persons who would indulge in homosexual practices with the advertisers. Sometimes persons answering the advertisements were to communicate directly with the advertisers. Sometimes they were to send their answers to the magazine and the answers were then forwarded to the advertisers ...
