People v. Baff

Mulqueen, J.:

On December 5, 1916, the grand jury filed an indictment against the defendants charging them with the crime of making and entering into a contract, agreement and combination whereby a monopoly in the sale in this State of an article and commodity of common use was and might be created, established and maintained, and whereby competition in the supply and price of sneh article and commodity was and might be established and prevented.

The indictment was drawn under sections 340 and 341 of the General Business Law, popularly known as the Donnelly Anti-Trust Law. In substance it…