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People v. Fanti

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 8, 1938
14 N.E.2d 189 (N.Y. 1938)

Opinion

Argued January 24, 1938

Decided March 8, 1938

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General ( Maurice H. Matzkin, Joseph A. McLaughlin and Abraham H. Brodsky of counsel), for appellant.

C. Joseph Danahy for respondent.


Judgment affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, LOUGHRAN and RIPPEY, JJ. Taking no part: HUBBS, J. FINCH, J., dissents in the following memorandum:


I dissent and vote to reverse. To construe the statute thus narrowly is unnecessarily to limit the reasonable enforcement of a provision of the criminal law enacted for the public welfare.


Summaries of

People v. Fanti

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 8, 1938
14 N.E.2d 189 (N.Y. 1938)
Case details for

People v. Fanti

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. JAMES FANTI, Respondent

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 8, 1938

Citations

14 N.E.2d 189 (N.Y. 1938)
14 N.E.2d 189