People v. Vetri

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Vetri

285 A.D. 1089, 141 N.Y.S.2d 505, 1955 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6747

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 25, 1955

StatusPublished

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People v. Vetri, 285 A.D. 1089, 141 N.Y.S.2d 505, 1955 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6747 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1955).

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Opinion

Judgment of a City Magistrate, sitting as a Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, convicting defendant of a violation of section 1272 of the Penal Law (payment of wages), affirmed. No opinion. No separate appeal lies from intermediate orders, which have been reviewed on the appeal from the judgment of conviction. Nolan, P. J., Schmidt, Beldock and Murphy, JJ., concur; Wenzel, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment of conviction and to dismiss the information, with the following memorandum: Subdivision 2 of section 196 of the Labor Law provides that an employer “ shall pay weekly to each employee the wages earned to a day not more than six days prior to the date of such payment.” Section 1272 of the Penal Law provides that such employer “who does not pay the wages of * ” * his * * * employees in accordance with the provisions of the labor law is * * * guilty of a misdemeanor ”. The collective bargaining agreement here involved, in providing for “ vacations ” states, “ The pay for the vacations shall be made in advance ”. The words “ wages ” and “ pay ” are not synonymous, and a penal statute must be strictly construed. (Emphasis supplied.) In any event the failure to render to an employee “pay” for a vacation under the terms of a union contract is not a violation of the word or intent of section 1272 of the Penal Law. [206 Misc. 640.]

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Judgment of a City Magistrate, sitting as a Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, convicting defendant of a violation of section 1272 of the Penal Law (payment of wages), affirmed. No opinion. No separate appeal lies from intermediate orders, which have been reviewed on the appeal from the judgment of conviction. Nolan, P. J., Schmidt, Beldock and Murphy, JJ., concur; Wenzel, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment of conviction and to dismiss the information, with the following memorandum: Subdivision 2 of section 196 of the Labor Law provides that an employer “ shall pay weekly to each employee the wages earned to a day not more than six days prior to the date of such payment.” Section 1272 of the Penal Law provides that such employer “who does not pay the wages of * ” * his * * * employees in accordance with the provisions of the labor law is * * * guilty of a misdemeanor ”. The collective bargaining agreement here involved, in providing for “ vacations ” states, “ The pay for the vacations shall be made in advance ”. The words “ wages ” and “ pay ” are not synonymous, and a penal statute must be strictly construed. (Emphasis supplied.) In any event the failure to render to an employee “pay” for a vacation under the terms of a union contract is not a violation of the word or intent of section 1272 of the Penal Law. [206 Misc. 640.]

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285 A.D. 1089, 141 N.Y.S.2d 505, 1955 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6747, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-vetri-nyappdiv-1955.

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