People v. Steinbeck
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The People of the State of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered hi the office of the clerk of the county of Putnam on the 23d day of October, 1918, upon a dismissal of the complaint on the opening.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
This is an action for $100 as a penalty incurred by breach of the terms of the Agricultural Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 1 [Laws of 1909, chap. 9], § 32).
The complaint charges as follows: “ Upon information and belief, that the defendant on or about the 28th day of July, 1916, at Dykemans, in the County of Putnam, N. Y., did expose for sale, offer for sale, and sell, a quantity of impure and adulterated milk in violation of section 32 of Chapter 9 of the Laws of 1909.”
Defendant answered by a general denial. When the cause was moved for trial, the complaint was dismissed on the ground…
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