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mplaint was “Eleanor Roosevelt and her display of tits.” At the trial, Lenny acted as his own attorney. He had obtained the legislative history of an Albany statute, and he discovered that back in 1931 there was an amendment proposed, which excluded from arrest in an indecent performance: Stagehands, spec
legations against the club, and the current charge involved neither violence nor drunken behavior. The only charge pressed by the city prosecutor was Lenny Bruce's allegedly obscene performance. Nobody’ s prurience was aroused, but that made no difference. After all, there wasn’ t any law against blasphemy. “Ch
murder a corpse; it is also legally impossible to attempt to do that which it is factually impossible to do. On the second appeal, which I argued in Albany, the court agreed that my client could not be convicted of murder because “man dies but once,” but it concluded that he should be convicted of attemp
cifixion, there’s no Christianity, so if you had won they’d be blaming the Jews for destroying Christianity.” Woody reminded me of the riff that got Lenny Bruce into so much trouble. Bruce quipped that if the Roman’s electrocuted rather than crucified their enemies, millions of Christians would be walking ar
legations against the club, and the current charge involved neither violence nor drunken behavior. The only charge pressed by the city prosecutor was Lenny Bruce's allegedly obscene performance. Nobody's prurience was aroused, but that made no difference. After all, there wasn' t any law against blasphemy. "Chic
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