People Ex Rel. Price v. Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co.
New York Court of Appeals
' Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 14, 1917, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting defendaht of a violation of section 162 of the Labor Law. The facts, so far as material,.are stated in the opinion.
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' Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 14, 1917, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting defendaht of a violation of section 162 of the Labor Law. The facts, so far as material,.are stated in the opinion. There was no evidence before the court to justify a conviction, there being an utter absence of proof that defendant employed or permitted this child to work for it. (People v. Taylor, 192 N. Y. 398; Gregory v. United States, 17 Blatch. 325; Lancaster v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, J.) The defendant, a corporation, has been convicted of violating section 162 of the Labor Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 31). That section provides that “ no child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in or in connection with any mercantile * *• * establishment specified in the preceding section.” Violation of the Labor Law is a misdemeanor, and is punishable, if a first offense, by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars (Penal Law, sec. 1275). J Heavier fines and even imprisonment may follow a repetition of the offense (Penal Law,…
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