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Lenny Bruce — Part 1

14 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Oct 2, 1965 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Lenny Bruce · 13 pages OCR'd
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v TF SIP rae a oe ae . j tes over iis allegedly Ode flee eg tee See ee v. * id Se Be : rect: ‘dered imsei—te-New York oo eat a —, authorities yesterday to be- - gin a four moath 3 ‘there. — | Instead, he filed suit ..-e. He told Judge.Ges-7e B. Har- | 7 A > ris he was too i:-xe to pay! A re 7 Se _.fte $15 filing fee. Tne jucze. ~& rt e. . “aay Korn ee had a: Cp : - fade r f. ~ > Indi , t _ :~ declared Brice ¢ pauper in Rewepaper, city and state.) .” Comic Leany Brice, cevite cepted the fling without fee. ee. | ° j I of a long serics of :egel bat- na they SLE aE | Sonce night club act, yester- . oe po pons : day celebrated his <3th bir-h- : day by getting himself ce- ‘ Clared a pauper and askig ‘ke Federal court aere io _ Kgep him out of jai in in Naw! . Yprk.. : his self-ccmposed sug, , ihQ also asked the U.S. D&-j ‘trict Court to protect hia} ‘from “harassmeat” wy police ;in New York, Chiecco, xs | Angeles and 54n Freneises.; iHe claimed that becaxse cf| persecutions and proseci-! tions in these cities ke can n> Jonger get bockings Jor hu; act, In addition, he wants th:. 4 COurt 10 determine how mucii: imoney he as iost since is: H 13 S.F. Examiner and News Call Bulletin San Francisco,Calif 4 1964 obsceniiy conviction in: a See ee New York City.and to order’ - _ - et pete: 10-14-65 tey police departvnent theffe . Editios: Pina yigppay him damages in that Author: 1 {4 ount. N HIS financial stat:ment, . ; Bruce said that since ‘4's first érrest for obscenity in San” Francisco in 1961, his Zross | Editors Edmund J.Dooley Title: earnings have phar seted BO Co Character: .. from $108,000 a year to $10...” : . or Das 963 in the first six mor.ths of j * _ ~ Classification: — ” Tthis year. He said his iiabili- | “Hes exceed his assets by $14,- ; Bruce, now living with; :, friends in a North Beach ho- tel; was acquitted of the first _, Obscenity chasges.ia 1952 hy 33 San Francisco jury. Submitting Officer = SP = {_] Being Investigated
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