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    The accused was performing a hula dance wearing only nipple patches and a panty, which aroused the crowd into howling and cheering sexually. While the defense claimed the crowd was of a lower class, the court found the performance satisfied the test of obscenity by having a tendency to deprave or corrupt the minds of the crowd. The accused was found guilty of obscenity regardless of the crowd's class, as the performance encouraged immoral thoughts.

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    People vs Aparici Digest

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    People vs Aparici 52 OG 249

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    The accused was performing a hula dance wearing only nipple patches and a panty, which aroused the crowd into howling and cheering sexually. While the defense claimed the crowd was of a lower class, the court found the performance satisfied the test of obscenity by having a tendency to deprave or corrupt the minds of the crowd. The accused was found guilty of obscenity regardless of the crowd's class, as the performance encouraged immoral thoughts.

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    Philippines Obscenity Case Against Hula Dancer

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    The accused was performing a hula dance wearing only nipple patches and a panty, which aroused the crowd into howling and cheering sexually. While the defense claimed the crowd was of a lower class, the court found the performance satisfied the test of obscenity by having a tendency to deprave or corrupt the minds of the crowd. The accused was found guilty of obscenity regardless of the crowd's class, as the performance encouraged immoral thoughts.

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    People vs .

    Aparici 52 OG 249 OBSCENITY

    Facts: The accused was caught while performing in a theater wearing nylon patches to cover
    her breasts and nylon panty. She avers that she was performing and artistic hula-hula dance to
    portray a widow who lost her husband after being killed by a Japanese. However the crowed
    watching were howling and cheering to continue her performance because they were sexually
    aroused.

    Defense:

    The crowd she performed to was of the lower class.

    Ruling:

    The test of obscenity is whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscene is to deprave or
    corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences. The test therefore was
    satisfied with the crowds reaction. Her defense that the crowd was of lower class, was not
    supported by any proof. Moreover, it doesnt matter what class the crowd belonged to. What is
    important is Aparicci while performing the hula-hula dance was able to induced or encourage
    the crowd to think of immoral acts.

    Guilty of obscenity

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