People v. Poulos

Freschi, J.:

The defendant conducts and maintains a restaurant under the name, style and designation of “ Bristol,” an assumed name. This name is used by him in connection with the words “ oyster and chop house,” all of which is printed on the defendant’s show window and his bill of fare. Nowhere in or about his business place does the defendant advertise or post his real name. It is admitted that the defendant failed to file the certificate required by law (sec. 440, Penal Law). There is here a holding out and the conducting of a business under a fictitious name. The false name is held out to…