People v. Von Kampen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Peter H. Von Kampen, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 10th day of December, 1910, after trial before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J. :
An agent of the Agricultural Department went to the grocer’s shop of the defendant and asked the defendant if he *888sold oleomargarine. The defendant said that he did, whereupon the agent asked him whether he gave coloring matter with it and he said that he did. Thereupon the agent bought and received a pound of oleomargarine and the defendant at the same time handed to him a capsule which contained coloring matter. It was conceded that “coloring matter can be purchased very generally at druggists’, groceries and other establishments as a commodity by itself, such as is used for…
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