April 14 Agincourt, Ont. Roy […]

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April 14 Agincourt, Ont. Roy Montgomery, proprietor of Montgomery Leathers, sold leather gear out of his apartment. Police raided the apartment and charged Montgomery with multiple separate charges, ranging from selling obscene matter to keeping a common bawdy house. Police confiscated Montgomery's photo album to use the photographs as evidence in his trial. An unnamed roommate of Montgomery's was also charged with keeping a common bawdy house and making obscene photographs; the charges against him were dropped on June 4, 1981. Gay community activists were suspicious of the charges against Montgomery, since he had sold materials to the Barracks, and the Barracks case was still before the courts. (See also September 2, 1981.)

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September 2 Toronto The Crown […]

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"More Charges in Bath-house Probe: Police Say Documents Show $500,000 Sent to U.S. Clubs," Toronto Star, four star ed., 23 April 1981, p. A4."Montgomery Leather" (advertisement), Directions: For Gay Men, 1, no. 2 (1977): 7 Gerald Hannon, "Leather Seller Faces 15 Charges; Cops Invent Link to 'Kiddie Porn,'" Body Politic, no. 74 (1981), p. 13 Gerald Hannon, "Crown Drops Charges in Photo Album Case," Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), pp. 13–14

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