People v. Mago
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of sessions, Erie county. Philip Mago was convicted of maintaining a ferry without authority of law, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The judgment convicted the defendant of a misdemeanor, viz. of maintaining a ferry without authority of law, under section 416 of the Penal Code. At and before the time named in the' indictment, and down to the time of the trial, the defendant was the owner of a small steam yacht, which he employed, on Sundays and holidays, mainly in conveying passengers, for hire, from the village of Tonawanda, across the east branch or channel of the Niagara river, to a place of public resort on Grant Island, *939known as “Sour Springs Grove,” and back again, though he did occasionally charter his boat to take…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Sullivan v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
- Mayor of New York v. New Jersey Steamboat Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
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