People v. Kenler

Solomon, M.

Defendant, a wholesale and retail poultry dealer, is charged with an Office of Price Administration ceiling *1045price violation. The only witness against him is the purchaser, one Samuel Sugarman, a retailer. Under the law, sellers as well as buyers may be prosecuted for its violation (Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, § 205; subd. [b]; U. S. Code, tit. 50, Appendix, § 925, subd. [b]). At the conclusion of the People’s case, defendant moved for dismissal of the complaint on the ground that the People’s only witness was an accomplice whose testimony required corroboration under…