People v. Mulkins

The defendant was arrested by an officer without a warrant, and taken before a justice of the peace. An information was made and filed, charging the defendant with the crime of being intoxicated in a public place, which is a misdemeanor, under chapter 312, Laws 1897, § 40. The defendant was committed under a plea of guilty, after having been informed by the justice that he was entitled to the aid of counsel and to a jury trial, and was sentenced to confinement in the Albany penitentiary for 90 days on the 7th day of July, 1898. An appeal to this court was allowed on the L2th day of July,…