People v. Ryan

A rule of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board provided: “ No liquors and/or wines shall be sold * * * upon any premises licensed to sell liquors and/or wines at retail for on premises consumption, during the following hours: 1. Sunday, from 3 A. M. to 2 p. m. * * * A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.” In violation of the rule, appellant, on Sunday, January 21, 1934, between twelve and one o’clock in the afternoon, sold three glasses of whisky in premises in the city of New York then duly licensed for the sale at retail of liquors there to be consumed. For this…