Complex sentence: Commonwealth v Sharpless (2 Serg & Rawle 91 (Sup. Ct. Penn.1815)) was an obscenity trial against one Jesse Sharpless and five others in 1815.
Split into simpler sentences: Commonwealth v Sharpless (2 Serg & Rawle 91 (Sup. Ct. Penn.1815)) was an obscenity trial. An action was brought by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against one Jesse Sharpless and five others in 1815.