People v. Dritz

I dissent.

Defendant, after trial in the Children’s Court of Westchester county, was found guilty of violating section 494 of the Penal Law. That statute, so far as material, provides that any person “ who knowingly or willfully does any act or acts to produce, promote or contribute to the conditions which cause such child to be adjudged guilty of juvenile delinquency, * * * shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

“ A child of more than seven and less than sixteen years of age, who shall commit any act or omission which, if committed by an adult, would be a crime not punishable by death or life…