A judgment of interest, especially to owners or lessees of picture theatres, who hire their films from different towns, was delivered on June 1 in the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice. Sir John Bucknill. K. C. The case originally heard was the Middle East Films Limited. against H. W. Ray of Coronet Theatre in Hongkong. On 30th June 1919, the plaintiff company entered into a somewhat curious agreement with the defendant, for a regular weekly supply of films by the plaintiffs to the defendant. Case details included.