November 3–4 Toronto A central issue […]

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1981-11-03 – 1981-11-04

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November 3–4 Toronto A central issue of the Roy Montgomery trial was the question of whether sex toys and leather apparel were obscene. Montgomery had been charged with distributing obscene matter through a small mail-order business that he ran out of his apartment. On February 5, 1982, Provincial Court Judge Charles Purvis found Montgomery guilty, ruling that some of the materials distributed by Montgomery Leathers (such as bondage harnesses, restraints, and clamps) were obscene because they "exploited sex, cruelty and violence to a degree which surpasses contemporary Canadian standards of tolerance." Montgomery received a conditional discharge and one year's probation. He was also forbidden to distribute obscene material during his probation.

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