Strand Amusement Company v. Commonwealth

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Willis.

It has been said that one who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a human benefactor; but such a tribute would hardly be deserved by a decision that multiplied penal prosecutions for violation of a single statute.

I disagree with the decision of the majority on the .reversal of the judgments, and the practical importance of the question on which the reversal is rested, justifies a statement of the reasons why I think the judgments should be affirmed. . .

The appellant ran its theaters in flagrant violation of the statute. It was…