Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Thursday, 22 September 1932
Injunction against Constable [Publishers of Laughing Torso] etc. Nina [Nina Hamnett] got a crook lawyer to start a fuss—O’Connor.[1]
Saw Kerman [Isidore Kerman] in P.M.
1—Mr. Justice Lawrence in the Vacation Court heard a request for an injunction to restrain the further publication of Nina Hamnett's book "Laughing Torso." An order was made directing the motion to stand over until October 5. Crowley had complained that certain passages in the book were untrue.
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