People v. Oestriecher

Bromberger, C. M.

Defendant is here charged by a police officer with violation of section 436-2.0 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of that section reads as follows: “ A taxicab, coach, horse drawn cab or sightseeing bus shall operate for hire within the city of New York only if the owner shall first have obtained an appropriate license from the hack bureau.”

The People’s case establishes that the alleged violation of the above-mentioned section occurred on August 16, 1939, at nine-fifteen a. m. in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York. The…