Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ammon Hennacy, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1955-06-10
Citations: 308 N.Y. 1039
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ammon Hennacy, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 308
Pages: 1039–1040

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ammon Hennacy, Appellant.
Argued April 25, 1955;
decided June 10, 1955.
Emanuel Redfield for appellant.
Franh S. Hogan, District Attorney (Harold Roland Shapiro of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgments reversed and complaint dismissed, upon the ground that the People failed to prove that defendant was selling books in the street as a commercial venture (People v. Barber, 289 N. Y. 378). No opinion.
Concur: Conway, Ch. J., Desmond, Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis and Burke, JJ.