State v. Kasal

Defendants appealed from an order denying their motion for a new trial after having been convicted of giving a public dance without a permit from the town board of supervisors.

On April 18, 1927, defendant William Kasai made a ivritten lease of some real estate upon which was located a barn to defendant Frank Kasai. The lease, which was recorded, contained a provision that the premises were leased “for the purpose of conducting public dances.” The lessee’s application to the local town board of supervisors for a permit to conduct public dances in the barn was denied on June 2, 1927. On October…