New Jersey Statutes 33:3-10. Sale, etc. of poisoned liquors causing serious injury or death; penalty; certain laws unaffected
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 33:3-10
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any person, corporation, partnership or member of any association or any agent, servant or employee of any person, corporation, partnership or member of any association who shall have sold, bartered, given away, furnished or otherwise disposed of to any person whatsoever any alcohol for internal consumption, whiskey, gin, brandy, wine or any other alcoholic beverage of any nature whatsoever containing any poisonous chemical or chemicals or any poisonous ingredients of any description whatsoever which shall have caused serious injury to the health or bodily condition of any person or shall have caused the death of any person shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or imprisonment at hard labor or otherwise not exceeding ten years, or both.
Nothing in this section is intended to diminish, alter or in anywise change or in anywise affect the provisions of sections 2A:113-1 to 2A:113-5 of the New Jersey Statutes.
Amended by L.1953, c. 32, p. 582, s. 6, eff. March 19, 1953.