State v. Shop Rite Foods, Inc.

NOBLE, Justice.

Defendants, Shop Rite Foods, Inc., doing business as Piggly Wiggly and its employee, John Ridgeway, were charged in criminal cause No. 15768, Bernalillo County, with violation of § 49-1-5 N.M.S.A.1953. The information and bill of particulars considered together charged the store with advertising for sale 6-bottle cartons of king-size cokes, the first 2 cartons for 29 cents each and additional cartons for 39 cents, and with refusing a prospective purchaser more than 2 cartons at 29 cents each.

The corporate defendant was charged in cause No. 15863 with offering by advertisement…