Legal Opinion

People v. Dempsey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 7, 1917PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the defendant, John J. Dempsey, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 13th day of February, 1917, convicting him of a misdemeanor and sentencing him to pay a fine of $500.

1Opinion of the Court

Rich, J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county convicting him of a misdemeanor in having failed to comply with a final order of the Public Service Commission, and for procuring, aiding and abetting a corporation common carrier (the New York Consolidated Railroad Company) in its failure to obey and comply with the provisions thereof.

The order required the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company “ to stop all its ‘ Fulton Street Expresses ’ at *767the Third Street station on its Fifth Avenue Elevated Line, and to permit passengers to board and alight from said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. WhitridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  2. People v. . WhitridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1912

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Weatherwax v. WattNew York Supreme Court · 1921

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