People v. Burr

The evidence established the following facts: —The defendant, a boot and shoe maker, residing in the city of Brooklyn, was occasionally employed as such by the prosecutor who was a shopkeeper in the business of manufacturing and selling boots and shoes in the city of New York, to manufacture. for him, he furnished the materials ready cut and prepared for manufacture, the defendant taking those materials to his own house and returning the work when completed. He was not paid regular wages; his compensation depending upon and being regulated by the quantity of work performed at fixed prices,…