People v. Schwebel

Schwartzwald, J.

(dissenting). Concededly, defendant publicly offered for sale and did sell lumber material on Sunday, as charged in the complaint. He conducted business in the name of a corporation of which he was the sole stockholder, and employed four persons who were not members of his immediate family. In my opinion this constitutes a violation of section 2147 of the Penal Law. The exception provided for in section E51-1.0 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, which permits certain trade or business on Sunday by a “ proprietor and members of his immediate family ’ ’ who uniformly keep another day of the week as holy time, does not appear to be applicable to the facts of this case. Under the circumstances, I am constrained to vote for affirmance.

Ritchie, J., concurs in opinion by Hart, J.; Schwartzwald, J., dissents in memorandum.

Judgment reversed on the law and complaint dismissed.