People v. Simpson

The question common to these three appeals is the effect of pretrial procedure in the Criminal Court of the City of New York (N. Y. City Grim. Ct. Act, art. IV). In each case the preliminary proceedings differ somewhat from the others; but all appellants were tried and convicted by the court in a part held by a single Judge.

The general procedural frame of the Criminal Court’s jurisdiction is laid down in article IV of the statute and especially in sections 40, 41 and 42. Section 40 opens with two omnibus provisions: one, that ‘ ‘ All trials ’ ’ shall be without a jury; and the other, that “…