People v. Gordon

Lawrence H. Schultz, Jr., J.

Both of the defendants were arrested together, and each was charged with possession of instrument for administering narcotics (Public Health Law, § 3395, subd. 3), a misdemeanor. Both informations are similar in wording and allege that defendant had in his possession ‘ An instrument or implement adapted for the administering of narcotic drugs, to wit, the bowl of a briar pipe with an aluminum foil insert which contained a dark substance which emitted a sweet odor and which instrument or implement was possessed for the purpose of administering narcotic drugs, and…