Criminal Law & Moving Picture Shows – State v Penny – 1910
The defendant was convicted and fined in Missoula county for keeping open and maintaining a theater on Sunday, contrary to provisions of section 8369 of the Revised Codes. That section reads as follows: “Every person who on Sunday, or the first day of the week, keeps open or maintains or aids in opening or maintaining any theater, playhouse, dance-house, racetrack, gambling-house, concert saloon or variety hall is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Below is a link to the record of the trail summary: