Legal Opinion

People v. . Ringe

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 4, 1910PublishedCited by 66 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered April 24, 1908, which reversed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting the defendant of the crime of carrying on the business of an undertaker without a license in contravention of chapter 572 of the Laws of 1905. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered April 24, 1908, which reversed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting the defendant of the crime of carrying on the business of an undertaker without a license in contravention of chapter 572 of the Laws of 1905. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The statute under which the defendant was prosecuted is not unconstitutional, but on the contrary it easily comes within the scope permitted by tbe police power. (People v.…

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

The defendant was brought before the Court of Special Sessions, second division, city of New Yrork, upon an information charging him with the crime of violating chapter 572, of the Laws of 1905, committed as follows: “ The said William Ringe on the 2nd day of September, 1907, at the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, in the county of Kings, did unlawfully, willfully and knowingly engage in and carry on the business of an undertaker at the premises No. 459 7th avenue, without first having obtained a license to carry on said business as required by law.” He was tried before said court…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Nechamcus v. Warden of the City PrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  2. Wyeth v. Board of Health of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. People v. . LochnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  4. Schnaier v. . Navarre Hotel Importation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905

3Cited by66 opinions

  1. People v. . Beakes Dairy Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. Blumenthal v. Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  3. McMurdo v. GetterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  4. State v. CromwellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1943
  5. People v. WeinerIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

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