People v. Hall

On March 7, 1936, a summons was issued to the defendant charging him with violating section 73 of the ordinances of the village of Cooperstown by failing to observe a “ stop sign ” at the intersection of Glen avenue and Chestnut street in that village. The defendant appeared pursuant to the summons and through his counsel conceded his failure to stop at the intersection in question, but moved to dismiss the information on the ground *130that the ordinance in question was invalid. The motion was denied, the defendant found guilty and fined the sum of ten dollars. An appeal was allowed March 16,…