People ex rel. Isaacs v. Moran
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Alfred A. Isaacs, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the' New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of December, 1911, as resettled by an order entered on the. 16th day of January, 1912, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus.
1Dissent
Scott, J. (dissenting):
The relator was arrested and held by virtue of a warrant issued by a city magistrate upon the charge that, on October 3, 1911, he “violated the provisions of Section 271a of the Stock Transfer Tax Law in that he sold adhesive stamps issued pursuant to said law by the State Comptroller without having written consent to do so from said Comptroller.”
The warrant was issued upon an affidavit by one Harry W. Rosenbloorn to the effect that relator is engaged as a stamp dealer and collector in the city of Hew York; that on the date named in the warrant he sold to affiant…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Matter of Application of JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Wynehamer v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Forster v. . ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People Ex Rel. Schwab v. . GrantNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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