City of Rome v. Foot
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, City of Borne, from a judgment of the Oneida County Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 17th day of November, 1915, reversing an alleged judgment of the City Court of the city of Borne, in form imposing a penalty of six cents upon the defendant for violating the seventy-third ordinance of said city.
1Opinion of the Court
De Angelis, J.:
The ordinance in question provides, among other things, that no person shall keep for sale, offer for sale, or have in his possession for use within the limits of the city of Rome, any toy pistols or toy cannons of any description whatever in which powder of any kind can be exploded, blank cartridge pistols or toy revolvers, etc. Section 2 of the ordinance is as follows: “Any person * * * violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not exceeding $50.00 for each offense. ”
A complaint substantially conforming to section 251 of the present…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Kane v. SloaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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