People v. Braunstein

The defendant has been convicted of the violation of section 601 of the Education Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 16) in that his son failed to attend a continuation school in New York city. To the boy the statute works peculiar hardship. He is over 16 years of age, of good character, energetic and ambitious. He successfully graduated from a public school, entered a high school and remained there for six months. Then, because of his father’s financial losses, he was obliged to begin work. He soon decided to become a lawyer and entered the office of Mr. Rothschild, as a messenger. For a time he attended…