People v. Patterson

Rosalsky, J.:

There would be no difficulty in affirming the judgment of conviction against the defendant upon the charge of disorderly conduct tending to a breach of the peace were it not for the fact that the magistrate after the conviction, and before sentence was pronounced, failed to inform the defendant that he was entitled to communicate with his relatives or friends, as required by section 81 of chapter 659. of the Laws of 1910 and the amendments thereto, known as the Inferior Criminal Courts Act. This section, so far as it is applicable to the question to be decided, is as follows:

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