People v. Swift & Co.

This is an appeal from an order of the Appellate Division reversing a judgment of conviction for violation of the Sanitary Code (§ 163), dismissing the information and remitting the fine, one justice dissenting from the dismissal of the information and voting for a new trial.

The question presented is whether a judgment of conviction for the possession for sale of decomposed and unhealthy food kept in a storeroom from which salesmen replenish stock for sale in the city of New York may be reversed solely on the ground that the defendant has acted in good faith.

The facts, in so far as necessary…