People v. Sheldon
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of sessions, Niagara county. Carson J. Sheldon, Charles J. Ferrin, SheldpnN. Cook, and Edward S. Brown were convicted of conspiracy. From the judgment of conviction, and from an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The defendants were convicted in the Niagara county sessions of the crime of conspiring together to commit acts injurious to trade. They were retail dealers in coal in the city of Lockport, and with eight or ten other dealers in coal in that city they organized an association called the Lockport Coal Exchange. They adopted a constitution and by-laws, the provisions of which are very voluminous. It is not necessary to rehearse them. Many of them were innocent, and to be commended. The main purpose, however, of the association was to fix prices, below which coal should not be retailed in…
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