People v. Baird

In this matter an information was drawn against the defendant for violation of the provisions of section 1142 of the Penal Law of New York State. This is the section which makes it a misdemeanor to sell, lend, give, exhibit, or offer to sell, lend, give, etc. of any instrument or article or medicine for the prevention of conception. The cases in this *479State and apparently the law of the State reaches back to 1917 and 1918, and though principles in these cases have been reiterated in more recent cases, the subject matter of the more recent cases are not in point and do not deal with the same…