People v. Kohl

Defendant was tried before a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Lockport and a jury on charges of violating a zoning ordinance and a licensing ordinance of the town by operating motorcycle races on his property. Found guilty on both charges, he appeals alleging various errors, only one of which need he considered.

Defendant asserts that the Justice of the Peace who presided at his trial should have granted defendant’s motion that he disqualify himself.

The Town of Lockport has a population under 10,000 and therefore is a second class town under section 10 of the Town Law. Section 60 of that…