People v. Palluch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Peter Palluch, from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Bronx County, Part Five, rendered against him on the 8th day of November, 1917, convicting him of having violated subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 8 of the Liquor Tax Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 34 [Laws of 1909, chap. 39], as amd. by Laws of 1917, chap. 623), by trafficking in liquor without a license.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The question presented by this appeal is whether hard cider containing six and three-tenths per cent alcohol is liquor within the meaning and intent of the Liquor Tax Law for trafficking in which a liquor tax' certificate is required.
It appears that the defendant was conducting on June 18, 1917, what is known as “ a cider stube” at 919 Melrose avenue in Bronx county. The defendant had no liquor tax certificate. The sale for which he has been convicted was of two gallons of old or hard cider containing six and three-tenths per cent alcohol. By the express provisions of section 2…
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