People v. Rubenstein

The defendant was tried on an ' information charging him with the crime of ‘1 performing an act of labor on Sunday”. The information alleges that “ the defendant, on November 2nd, 1958, the said day being a Sunday, in the County of Kings, engaged in a trade and mechanical employment and performed an act of labor by causing, suffering and permitting the operation of washing machines in a launderette at premises No. 616 Brighton Beach Avenue, the same not being a work of necessity ”.

At the trial, the police officer testified that at 11:00 a.m. on the date in question, he passed the said…