PEOPLE v. WARD, PRESTON, 272 N.Y. 615 (1936)

5 N.E.2d 359

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DIANA WARD and EVELYN PRESTON, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.Argued October 19, 1936
Decided November 17, 1936

Appeal from the Court of Special Sessions of City of New York.

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Osmond K. Fraenkel, Carol King and Sidney E. Cohn for appellants.

Edward C. Maguire and George J. Poynton for Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York et al., amici curiae.
Elias Lieberman and Elias Gartman for International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union et al., amici curiae.
Sidney Elliott Cohn, Irving Robert Feinberg and Leonard B. Boudin for Furriers’ Joint Council of New York, A.F. of L., et al., amici curiae.
Milton Friedman, Samuel Null, Emil Schlesinger and Matthew M. Levy for International Fur Workers’ Union of United States and Canada et al., amici curiae.
Arthur Newman, David Sloane, Harold Dublirer, Joseph R. Brodsky, Edward Kuntz, Abraham Unger, Louis Goldberg, Joseph Tauber, Frank Scheiner, Joseph Glass, Harry Sacher and Mendel Lurie for Local 802, American Federation of Musicians, et al. amici curiae.
William F.X. Geoghan, District Attorney (Edward H. Levine
of counsel), for respondent.