People v. Thompson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of sessions, Monroe county. James J. Thompson was convicted of the crime of selling, or offering to sell, adulterated milk, and from the judgment of conviction, from an order denying defendant’s motion fora new trial made on the minutes of the court, from an order overruling defendant’s demurrer to the indictment, and from an order denying the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
The defendant was convicted at the Monroe sessions of the offense of having on hand, and offering for sale, on the 3d day of January, 1890, impure, unhealthy, adulterated, and unwholesome milk. The indictment of the defendant was found in pursuance of chapter 183 of the Laws of 1885, as amended by chapter 458 of the Laws of 1885. Section 1 of the former act declares that no “person or persons shall sell or exchange, or expose for sale or exchange, any unclean, impure, unhealthy, adulterated, or unwholesome milk,” etc. The previous statute (chapter 202, Laws 1884, § 13) provides as follows:…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. EddyNew York Supreme Court · 1891