Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki of Montalk

Standard Name: Montalk, Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki of

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Production Anna Wickham
R. D. Smith , AW 's editor (and widower of Olivia Manning ), indicates that she wrote a number of prose pieces between 1910 and 1915, of which only a handful are published in his...

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23 December 1915: The Indictments Act (1915) revised the antiquated,...

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23 December 1915

The Indictments Act (1915) revised the antiquated, sensational wording of the charge for obscene libel, but produced a wording which could be very broadly interpreted.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
90
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
90-1
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2024.
1915: 309, 312

After February 1932: An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk's case...

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After February 1932

An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk 's case was heard; and although he was not cleared, an advance in obscene libel cases was made.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
89-90

8 February 1932: Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki of...

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8 February 1932

Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki of Montalk went to trial (and was later convicted) for obscene libel for having tried to get printed for private circulation five short poems.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
85-9
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
306, 521

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