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John D. Kesseek. Direct Examination. 2675
changed? A. Yes, sir, interlocking, and repeating on my competitor, that I changed to the licensed service.
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Thereupon JOHN DANIEL KESSLER, the next witness produced by the defendants, of lawful age, first duly sworn by the Examiner, deposed as follows :
Direct examination by Mr. Kingsley :
Q. Mr. Kessler, where do you live? A. Sandusky, Ohio.
Q. How long have you been a resident of Sandusky, Ohio? A. I have been born and raised there.
Q. What business are you engaged in? A. The theatrical business.
Q. How long have you been in the theatrical business? A. I have been in the theatrical business, with the Star Theatre, since I started the theatre, going on four years.
Q. Is the Star Theatre a motion picture theatre? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Had you owned or operated any other theatre prior to this? A. I operated the Jewell Theatre in Toledo, and I was under Mr. Braley, at the Princess Theatre at Toledo.
Q. Did you operate the Star and Jewell theatres together at any time? A. No, sir, the Jewell was at Toledo, and the Star at Sandusky.
Q. Did you operate them at the same time? A. No, sir.
Q. After you left the Jewell did you go to the Star Theatre? A. After leaving the Jewell Theatre I bought what they called the Diamond Theatre, at Toledo, and though a little piece of crooked work I was done away with, and I came back to Sandusky, and opened up the Star Theatre. The place was closed there for about two years.
Q. The Star Theatre was operated continuously for four years? A. Yes, sir, for four years.
Q. What is its seating capacity? A. Three hundred.
Q. Have you any competition in your immediate neighborhood? A. Yes, sir.
Q. What service do you use in the Star? A. The General Film Company.
Q. What service is used by your immediate competitor? A. One uses the General Film, and the other theatre the independent.