State v. Black

The indictment alleges a combination to monopolize, for the members of a certain association, the sale at retail of kosher meat and to control the retail price thereof.

The methods which the defendants are alleged to have undertaken to employ were two — first, by preventing competitors from obtaining certain certificates or signs, customarily used and signifying that meats offered are prepared kosher, and, second, by preventing competitors from obtaining kosher meats from wholesalers.

Such certificates or signs, it is alleged, may be furnished by a rabbi or by the organization known as Yaad…