People v. . Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 2, 1912, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting the defendant appellant of a violation of section 2411 of the Penal Law relating to the use of false weights and measures. 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 February 2, 1912, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York convicting the defendant appellant of a violation of section 2411 of the Penal Law relating to the use of false weights and measures. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The facts stated in the information did not constitute a crime and the motion in arrest of judgment was erroneously denied. (People v. Buddensiek, 103 N. Y. 487; People v. Meakin, 133 N. Y. 214;…
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
This is an appeal from an affirmance of a judgment of conviction under section 2411 of the Penal Law, relative to false weights and measures. As the affirmance at the Appellate Division was unanimous we must assume that the evidence supported the charge set forth in the information. The sufficiency of the information is challenged, however, by the defendant’s motions to dismiss the complaint, and its later motion in arrest of judgment. We have, therefore, to consider the statute and its effect, the purport of the information and the grounds of the several motions made at the trial by the…
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