People v. Stark

199 A.D. 930 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1921

Kelly, J. (dissenting):

I dissent and vote to reverse the judgment of conviction and for a new trial upon the ground that there was no evidence of a contract by the defendant to furnish heat to the tenants. In my opinion the provision of the Sanitary Code, section 225,^* that the mere presence in the premises of a furnace, boiler or apparatus is evidence of such contract, is unconstitutional, unreasonable and insufficient to justify conviction of a crime.

* See Code of Ordinances of City of New York, chap. 20, § 225.— [Rep.