stockbook

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• "Pigs, cattle and other chalkland livestock Historians have frequently neglected the other demesne animals that were an important part of chalkland farming. The stockbook of Winchester Cathedral Priory can again be used to provide a snapshot of all the livestock on a large estate in the chalklands of southern England. In 1390, in addition to the 20,357 sheep, there were 1808 pigs, 929 cattle and 209 horses. Comparison with the near-contemporary account of the bishop of Worcester for 1389 shows the distinctiveness of chalkland agriculture compared with agriculture elsewhere, in this case the west midlands."
• "FRESCHI, J. The defendant is charged with a violation of subdivision 4 of section 665 of the Penal Law in willfully refusing to allow one Edward S. Anderson, a stockholder of the Candler Realty Company, to inspect the stockbook of that corporation on August 31, 1915. The testimony shows that the said Anderson was a stockholder of record of the said corporation, and that on August 20, 1915, Anderson, in company with his attorney, named Grover M. Moscovitz, called upon the said John Bowie at the office of the company, and that on that occasion and in Anderson's presence Moscovitz demanded an inspection of the stockbook, to which request the defendant made no answer on the advice of his counsel, who was also present; that subsequently, on August 31, 1915, one Edward J. Reilly, on behalf of Anderson and in his presence, served upon the said Bowie, as secretary and treasurer of the aforesaid company, a written demand, signed by Anderson, for an examination of its stockbook. On the following morning Anderson received a letter advising him that he could examine said book; but it appears that the letter was received after Anderson had initiated these proceedings, although the letter was mailed the previous night. [1] The defendant urges that the verbal demand made by Ander-son's counsel on August 26th was insufficient on which to base this prosecution under the statute. Section 665 of the Penal Law, so far as it affects this action, reads as follows: "Section 665. Misconduct of Directors, Officers, Agents and Employés of Corporations.—A director, oflicer, agent or employé of any corporation or joint stock association who (1) * * *; (2) * * *; (3) * * *; (4) having the custody or control of its books, willfully refuses or neglects to make any proper entry in the stockbook of such corporation as required by law, or to exhibit or allow the same to be inspected, and extracts taken therefrom, * * * is guilty of a misdemeanor." Section 32 of the Stock Corporation Law, which reads, in part, as follows: "Section 32. Books to be Kept.—The stockbook of every such (stock) corporation shall be open daily during at least three business hours, for the inspection of its stockholders and judgment creditors, who may make extracts therefrom"—fixes the absolute rights of a stockholder."