People v. Modern Amusement Co.

In these separate cases, joined hy the consent of the parties for the purposes of this motion, the individual defendants, officers of the respective corporate defendants, each move to quash subpoenas duces tecum requiring the production of specified motion picture films. The films had been viewed earlier by a Judge of this court who determined that there was reasonable cause to believe them obscene in violation of section 235.05 of the Penal Law. Accordingly, he issued summonses for the appearance of the two corporate defendants, arrest warrants for the three individual defendants and…