Kessler v. Sherman

On September 10, 1973, the petitioner, a part owner of property located at Hay Beach Point, Shelter Island, New York, directed the operation of a backhoe as it dredged a channel on the property and deposited the dredged material alongside. The petitioner had no formal permit for this activity; on November 8, 1973 an information was filed in the Shelter Island Justice Court by the Attorney-General charging that, from September 12, 1973, and continously thereafter, the *53petitioner had altered the state of a certain tidal wetland in the Town of Shelter Island and the area immediately adjacent…