Case Name: THE PEOPLE v. HERMAN GOLDBERGER
Court: New York Court of Special Sessions
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-12-11
Citations: 35 N.Y. Crim. 328
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE PEOPLE v. HERMAN GOLDBERGER.
Judges: Before:— Hon. Clarence Edwards, P. J.; Hons. Henry W. Herbert and John J. Freschi, JJ.
Reporter: New York Criminal Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 328–336

Head Matter:
COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS — NEW YORK — PART VI.
December II, I9I6.
THE PEOPLE v. HERMAN GOLDBERGER.
Health Law—Penal Law, § 435—" Kosher ” meat.
Defendant had inscribed on his window “ Kosher Meat and Poultry Market.” The meat exposed for sale was not “ Kosher ” but “ tref ” and was not slaughtered and cared for as prescribed by the Orthodox Hebrew Church. He sold such meat in a wrapper describing it as “ Kosher.” Held, that the sign on the window did not constitute a declaration that all the meat sold or offered for sale was “ Kosher ” nor that such meat was there for sale at all times and that defendant had not “ with intent to defraud sold or exposed for sale any meat and falsely represented the same to be ‘ Kosher.’ ”
Fees chi, J., dissenting.
Before:— Hon. Clarence Edwards, P. J.; Hons. Henry W. Herbert and John J. Freschi, JJ.
Appearances: — Albert B. Unger, Deputy Assistant District Attorney.
Charles G. F. Wahle, for defendant.

Opinion:
Edwards, J. (concurring):
The penal quality of the statute must be borne in mind. " Kosher meat and poultry market " means a place where such meat and poultry are sold,— not necessarily exclusively. This inscription on the defendant's window did not constitute a declaration that all the meat sold or offered for sale in the premises was " kosher " meat, nor was it a declaration that such meat was there for sale at all times.
I vote to acquit on the ground that the evidence does not show that the defendant, " with intent to defraud, sold or exposed for sale any meat and falsely represented the same to be kosher."
Herbert, J., concurs.