People v. Goldstein

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 20, 1916

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1916-10-20

Appeal by the defendant, Abraham Goldstein, from a judgment of conviction by the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, rendered December 17, 1915, upon a charge of misdemeanor for unlawfully and knowingly exposing for sale an article of merchandise which he falsely represented to be shirts made by an association called the Manhattan Shirt Company, in violation of the Penal Law, section 2354, subdivision 8, added by Laws of 1914, chapter 332.

Decided 1916-10-20

Per Curiam:

¶1We are of opinion that the defendant committed no act in violation of section 2354, subdivision 8, of the Penal Law, under which he was convicted. The judgment is, therefore, reversed and the prisoner discharged from custody.

¶2Present—Clarke, P. J., McLaughlin, Scott, Dowling and Smith, JJ.

¶3Judgment reversed and prisoner discharged. Order to be settled on notice.