Dening v. Cooke

This is an application for an order of mandamus, peremptory or alternative as the court should deem proper, requiring the mayor of the village of West Carthage, Jefferson county, N. Y., to issue a license to the applicant to engage in the junk business. Article 6 of the General Business Law and an ordinance of said village provide for such licensing.

The problem presented by the record is whether the applicant may be denied a license for the reason that he was convicted on or about August 3, 1936, in the village of Carthage of violation of subdivision 6 of section 484 of the Penal Law, which…