In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1914)

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Thomas A. Brown, Cross Examination. 2729 Mr. Kingsley: Objected to on the ground tliafc the witness has already answered, stating that he does not know, that lie receives his service from the exchange, and does not know what the manufacturer charges the exchange. The Witness : I am not in a position to say. By Mr. Grosvenor: Q. Well, is there any competition in the price of the products of these different manufacturers to you? I am not speaking, from the manufacturers to the General Film Company. But in the price the General Film Company quotes you. Is there any distinction made in the price of these different licensed manufacturers? Mr. Kingsley : Objected to on the ground that it is an attempt to get the witness to answer the same question by indirection and in a misleading and confusing form, and is calling for a conclusion beyond his competency, and on the further ground that he has already answered the question, saying that he does not know. Mr. Grosvenor: The witness answered in regard to the prices from the manufacturers to the General Film Company. I am trying to make it clear to him that what I want to know is the price of the products of these manufacturers from the General Film Company to the witness. Now, witness, this is my question : Is there any distinction in the price you pay to the General Film Company, whether the film is of Edison make, or Essanay make, or Biograph make, or Vitagraph make, or any of the other ten manufacturers? Mr. Kingsley: Objected to as immaterial. The Witness: Well, there is a difference of course on anything special, as I told you in reference to "The Wreck." By Mr. Grosvenor: Q. Take the regular releases, and eliminate the spe