People v. Wojcinski

Upon his plea of guilty defendant was convicted of reckless driving in violation of section 58 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law in a Court of Special Sessions held in the town of Spencer on July 25, 1956. The court imposed a fine of $5 which was paid. From such judgment defendant has taken this appeal.

Defendant appeared in answer to a summons issued upon an information without supporting deposition. Because the court could gain jurisdiction only through a sufficient information (People v. Taylor, 159 Misc. 536; People ex rel. Livingston v. Wyatt, 186 N. Y. 383), the contention of defendant that…