People v. Borden's Condensed Milk Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Borden’s Condensed Milk Company, from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York, county of Kings, rendered against it on the 18th day of June, 1914, convicting it of the crime of committing and maintaining a public nuisance.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The defendant, appellant, a corporation, was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn, of having committed the crime of maintaining a public nuisance in the borough of Brooklyn, at a specified place therein, on February 8, 1914, and for some considerable time prior thereto. This appeal is taken from the judgment of conviction. The Penal Law defines the crime of a public nuisance as follows:
“A ‘public nuisance’ is a crime against the order and economy of. the State, and consists in unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a…
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