People v. Kelly

Defendant is charged with violating section 421 of the Penal Law, which so far as here material reads: ‘' Any person * * * who, with intent to sell or in any wise dispose of * * * service or anything offered by such person * * * directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption thereof, or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto * * * makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates, or places before the public, or causes, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or…