State v. Koohy

This indictment 1 charges the defendant with the exhibition of obscene movies in violation of the provisions of G. L. 1956, §11-31-10, as amended. The trial was held before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury. After the state had produced its evidence and rested, the defendant also rested. Thereafter the trial court found the defendant guilty as charged. While the defendant in this appeal is pressing several exceptions, we shall only consider his exception to the trial justice’s decision.

The defendant was the proprietor of a restaurant in the city of Newport. He admitted…