PEOPLE v. TRANSAMERICAN FRGT. LINES


24 N.Y.2d 727 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc., and Ralph Carbone, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Breitbart for appellants.

Lewis Rosenberg and Sidney Goldstein for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BREITEL and JASEN concur.


BERGAN, J.

Defendant Transamerican Freight Lines' truck, driven by defendant Carbone, was stopped by a Port Authority police officer September 8, 1966 as it was about to enter the Holland Tunnel. On examining the shipping documents, it was found the bill of lading specified that in the cargo were 15 drums of ethylene oxide weighing 10,038 pounds.

In this prosecution under a New York statute (Vehicle and...

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