N.Y. General Business Law § 34: Arrest and conviction of offender

§ 34. Arrest and conviction of offender. The public welfare officials

shall see that the provisions of this article are enforced in their

respective towns. Any citizen may arrest any person trading as a peddler

who neglects or refuses to produce his license on demand, and shall

immediately convey such person before some justice of the peace of the

county. If the fact that the person so arrested has traded without a

license be proved to the satisfaction of the justice, he shall convict

such person of an offense against this article and on such conviction

shall issue his warrant to some constable of the county, commanding such

constable to levy and collect from the personal property of the offender

the sum of twenty-five dollars, with the costs of the proceeding, not

exceeding five dollars. The penalty collected on such warrant shall be

paid by the justice to the public welfare official of the town where the

offense was committed.

If it appears in said proceeding that the person arrested refused to

produce his license or to disclose his name when lawfully required, no

costs shall be allowed such defendant, nor shall he maintain an action

for false imprisonment.