People v. Piat
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgment of the First District Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMgAdam, J.
The complaint charges that the defendant at the city of Hew York, in violation of section 22 of chapter 338 of the Laws of 1893, entitled “ An act in relation to agriculture, constituting articles 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of chapter 33 of the general *132laws,” did sell or exchange, or offer or expose for sale, a quantity of impure and adulterated milk, and that he thereby forfeited to the plaintiffs the sum of $100, under section 87 of the act; and the action is to recover this penalty.
The defense relied on was that 'the plaintiffs caused the de-. fendant’s arrest for the same identical offense; that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Tweed v. . LiscombNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Coffey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Sturgis v. . SpoffordNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Behan v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- City of Brooklyn v. ToynbeeNew York Supreme Court · 1857
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