People v. Raport
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Mathias Raport, from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York Municipal Term, Part 1, rendered on the 21st day of November, 1919, convicting him of a misdemeanor for a violation of the provisions of section 104 of the Labor Law.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
Defendant upon conviction was sentenced to pay a fine of twenty dollars which fine was paid. The defendant appeals from such conviction, claiming, first, that certain articles manufactured and finished, to wit, babies’ bibs, were not wearing apparel within the provisions of the statute. The appellant also contends that the statute itself is unconstitutional as discriminatory and denying certain classes of people, and particularly the defendant, the equal protection of the law guaranteed by section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution.
Section 104 of the Labor…
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