People ex rel. Greene v. Swasey

Upon information laid before me, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the defendant, charging him with the crime of perjury and of presenting a false and fraudulent voucher to the state in violation of sections 1620 and 1872 of the Penal Law.

The charge grows out of the sale to the state by the General Mill and Contractors Supply Company, an assumed name under which the defendant and another were doing business, of an electric gas motor generator which sale was made without any *389agreement as to any specified price therefor. A voucher or claim for this article was presented for audit to the…