State v. Dorau

The defendant, manager of a motion picture theater in Middletown, having been convicted of a violation of law in operating a so-called “Bank Night,” appealed. The case was submitted to the trial court upon an agreed statement of facts and the nominal penalty imposed shows that this is a test case to determine whether such Nights as conducted by the defendant violate our criminal law. A Colorado corporation owns the rights in the plan of operating these Nights, protected by copyright and patent application, and it gives licenses to theaters to use the plan, the defendant’s theater being so…