T. R. Kinget

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:New York
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Biography

Dr. T. R. Kinget was a physician prosecuted under the Comstock laws in the late 1880s for selling his book "Medical Good Sense" and for recommending "prudential checks" (contraception) to families in his practice. He was sentenced to three months at the Blackwell's Island penitentiary — one of the many medical and free-thought figures jailed for circulating birth-control information.

Case

Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Charges: Comstock obscenity charge.
Sentence: Three months at the Blackwell's Island penitentiary. Charges as recorded: Comstock obscenity charge — for selling the book "Medical Good Sense" and recommending contraception ("prudential checks") in his medical practice.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New York

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