Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vito Ferrara, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-05-12
Citations: 262 A.D. 754
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vito Ferrara, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 754–754

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vito Ferrara, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Queens [County of Queens], convicting appellant of a violation of section 435 of the Penal Law (false labels and misrepresentations in the sale of food products) and sentencing him to the workhouse for thirty days and " in addition " fining him $250 and, in default of payment, sixty days in the City Prison. Judgment modified on the law and the facts by reducing the sentence to the payment of the fine of $250 and in default of payment sixty days in the City Prison and to the time, if any, already served in jail by appellant. As so modified, the judgment is unanimously affirmed. Appellant is a first offender. The oil which was misrepresented as olive oil was edible. Under the circumstances a fine of $250 is ample punishment. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Adel, JJ.