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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louis Lerner, Appellant.
   Judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Queens, convicting defendant of the crime of selling an alcoholic beverage to a minor under the age of eighteen years, unanimously affirmed. Under the Penal Law (§§ 484, 2500), agency of the minor is not a defense. No change .in the law was intended by the Legislature in enacting section 65 of the Alcoholic ■ Beverage Control Law. Present — Lewis, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Nolan, JJ.