Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-06 | Page 1 | White Slave Films Declared Immoral

WHITE SLAVE FILMS DECLARED IMMORAL NEW YORK. March C.The Jury which last nleht wltnfisaed whtte-flavery mo-tlon-plcturo fllmB in the court of, fjoneral sessions tonight convicted Satnucl II. London, who wroto the story depicted bv the film, and Harry C. Bohn, manager o'f a theater where It had been produced, of showing pictures of an Immoral character. charac-ter. The jury deliberated lens thnn an hour. Bxtrcmu clemency was recommended, recommend-ed, and tho defendants were paroled for sontonco next Thursday. '.'if ?" l,a? rnered r verdict of acquittal," ac-quittal," Judgo Swami told tho Jurv ''theso films would havo been shown broadcast over the country. Tho r.ounsol for the defense has admitted that the reels show actual but appalling conditions, condi-tions, but that Is no justification for the r being shown to the public"