People v. Levy

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v . HARRY A. LEVY…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 1, 1913

154 App. Div. 932 (N.Y. App. Div. 1913)

Opinion

January, 1913.

Present — Ingraham, P.J., McLaughlin, Laughlin, Clarke and Scott, JJ. (Laughlin and Scott, JJ., dissented.)

Judgment affirmed. No opinion.

LAUGHLIN, J. (dissenting):

I dissent from the affirmance and vote for reversal and for the discharge of the defendant on the authority of Thompson v. New Academy Theater Co. ( 149 App. Div. 932, decided March 13, 1912), People ex rel. Cisco v. School Board ( 161 N.Y. 598), and Plessy v. Ferguson ( 163 U.S. 537). Scott, J., concurred.