If this appellant, who was not only an officer, but the sole active manager and actual owner of this corporation, did not "knowingly permit" his corporation to fail to pay its workmen's wages, then it is hard to see how anyone could, as an officer, violate section 1272 of the Penal Law. "Knowingly" (see Penal Law, § 3, subd. 4) means merely a knowledge of the existence of the facts constituting the...
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