People v. Hartgrove

The defendant was convicted of a violation of subdivision 3 of section 56 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law in the Justices’ Court of the Town of Wallkill on February 5, 1958. He was charged with traveling at a speed of 63 miles an hour in a 50~mile zone.

The defendant urges on this appeal that his conviction should be set aside because the Justice of the Peace before whom he was tried refused to disqualify himself when asked to so do prior to the trial. He argues further that the conviction should be set aside because the evidence in support of it was inherently improbable.

On the trial before…