People v. Andrus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Peter J. Andrus, from a judgment of the County Court of Tates county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tates on the 15th day of January, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, convicting him of a violation of the Liquor Tax Law, and also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 1th day of March, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, Peter J. Andrus, from a judgment of the County Court of Tates county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tates on the 15th day of January, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, convicting him of a violation of the Liquor Tax Law, and also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 1th day of March, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The indictment in this case contains three counts, each of which charges the defendant with a violation of section 30 of chapter 112 of the Laws of…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, P. J.:
Subdivision 1 of section 30 of the Liquor Tax Law (Laws of 1896, chap. 112, as amd. by Laws of 1891, chap. 312) provides that no corporation, association, copartnership or person, whether taxed under that act or not, shall sell, deliver or give away, or cause, permit or procure to be sold, delivered or given away, any liquors to “ any minor under the age of eighteen years, nor to such minor for *544any other person.” And by subdivision 2 of section 34 of the same act (as amd. by Laws of 1900, chap., 367) a violation of the provisions of section 30 is made a misdemeanor. Manifestly,…
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