Case ID: ad_154/html/0932-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Laughlih, J. (dissenting):", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harry A. Levy, Appellant.
    Appeal from judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York, rendered against the defendant on the 22d day of January, 1912, convicting him of a misdemeanor under section 514 of the Penal Law.
   Judgment affirmed. No opinion. Present—Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Laughlin, Clarke and Scott, JJ. (Laughlin and Scott, JJ., dissented.)

Laughlih, 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.