...(a)(l) (1975), forbids the sale of obscene matter. Section 11-20 (b) defines "obscene" as follows: "A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, that is, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, and if it goes substantially beyond...

...average person, applying contemporary standards, the predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest, ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such...

...definitions a third, drawn from the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code, Tentative Draft No. 6: "A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest." The bland assurance that this definition is the same as the ones with which we deal flies in the face...

...educated and uneducated, the religious and the irreligious — men, women, and children. A thing ia obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, i. e_ a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, and it goes substantially beyond...

...definition proposed in the American Law Institute Model Penal Code (sec. 207, 10(2) ) which states: A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole its predominant appeal is to prurient interest and if it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in its description or representation...

...decision, substantially reflects the meaning of the term "obscene" as developed by AngloAmerican case law: A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interests, ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, and if it goes substantially...

...obscenity. Its earlier draft of a Model Penal Code contains the following definition of "obscene": "A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to • "Obscene libel" ir> English usage simply means obscene material, being derived from libcllus, "little...

...American Law Institute, Model Penal Code, Proposed Official Draft (May \, 1962), §251.4(1): "Material is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest . . . and if in addition it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in describing or representing...

...obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest . . . ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion . . . ." Id., 487 and n. 20 (emphasis added). The advertisements for these publications, which the...

...•American Law Institute, Model Penal Code, Proposed Official Draft (May 4, 1962), §251.4(1): "Material is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest . . . and if in addition it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in describing or representing...