Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Joseph Ring, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-04-22
Citations: 254 A.D. 709
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Joseph Ring, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 709–709

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Joseph Ring, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Court of Special Sessions, City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, convicting defendant of delivery of a deficient quantity of a commodity and a violation of section 188 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, unanimously affirmed. The evidence established a delivery following the misrepresentation as to the weight of the commodity. Section 188 of the Agriculture and Markets Law does not require that the potential customer be in fact actually defrauded. In this respect it differs from section 2411 of the Penal Law. The principle of Peoplev. Visconti (234 N. Y. 165) is controlling, and in so far as People v. Goldberg (146 App. Div. 950) is to the contrary, the latter ease may not be followed. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ.