▁lead ▁to ▁ult imate ▁happiness . ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁j ury , ▁the ▁short ▁answer ▁to ▁that ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁matter ▁is ▁this , ▁which ▁I ▁think ▁I ▁put ▁to ▁one ▁witness : ▁what ▁is ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁sexual ▁inter course ▁between ▁lady ▁Ch atter ley ▁and ▁M ell ors ▁had ▁not ▁eventually ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁successful ▁she ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁gone ▁on ▁and ▁on ▁and ▁on ▁elsewhere ▁until ▁she ▁did ▁find ▁it ?" ▁In ▁a ▁point ▁not ▁raised ▁in ▁cross - ex am ination ▁Griff ith - J ones ▁asked ▁the ▁j ury ▁to ▁consider ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁on ▁p .   2 5 8 ▁which ▁suggested ▁heter osex ual ▁bug g ery , ▁then ▁a ▁criminal ▁act ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁Wales , ▁which ▁( though ▁Griff ith - J ones ▁didn ' t ▁bel ab our ▁the ▁point ), ▁had ▁it ▁been ▁exam ined ▁more ▁closely , ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁dam ning ▁to ▁the ▁defence ▁case ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁not ▁obsc ene . ▁ ▁After ▁three ▁hours ▁of ▁deliber ation ▁the ▁j ury ▁returned ▁a ▁un anim ous ▁ver dict ▁of ▁not ▁guilty . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁and ▁cultural ▁consequences ▁The ▁ver dict ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁debate ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁L ords ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁December ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁Richard ▁Hog gart ▁in ▁his ▁aut obi ography ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁trial : ▁" It ▁has ▁been ▁entered ▁on ▁the ▁agreed ▁if ▁conventional