ABRAMS, J.
The central issue on appeal is whether the part owner and manager of Sam's Spa, a neighborhood variety store in Everett, was properly convicted of knowingly disseminating obscene matter in violation of G.L.c. 272, § 29.
After a trial by jury, Nathan Rosenberg was found guilty of disseminating the May, 1976, issue of Hustler magazine, knowing it to be obscene.
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