People v. Olcese

The defendant was convicted on the 19th day of May, 1903, of selling a bottle of lager beer on the 31st day of March, 1903, at No. 524 Broome street, in the county of New York, to be drunk on said premises, said defendant not having duly obtained and posted a liquor tax certificate required by chapter 112 of the Laws of 1896, as amended.

At the time of the commission of the offense of which the defendant was convicted, chapter 112 of the Laws of 1896, as amended and in force at that time, provided that the punishment for this crime should be “ a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor…