People v. Pray
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Appeal from a judgment rendered by a justice of the Court of Special Sessions, sitting as a city magistrate, convicting the defendants of a violation of section 182 of the Sanitary Code and sentencing them to imprisonment for three months in the workhouse and to pay a fine of $500 each.
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, J.:
These defendants were convicted of making an illegal sale of heroin in violation of section 182 of the Sanitary Code. They were tried by a justice of the Court of Special Sessions, sitting as a city magistrate, who tried the case summarily under the provisions of section 95 of chapter 659 of the Laws of 1910, commonly known as the Inferior Criminal Courts Act. Section 1172 of the Greater New York Charter, Laws of 1901, chap. 466, provides as follows: 66 Any violation of said sanitary code shall be treated and punished as a misdemeanor.”
Appellants contend that section 95 of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Comaford v. . DutcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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