People v. Murphy

The defendant was arrested and convicted in the village police justice court for an alleged violation of Penal Law, section 722.

*291Section 722, as enacted in 1923, was limited to cities of 1,000,000, and by amendment in 1924 to cities of 500,000, and by amendment of 1931 the limitation as to cities of a given population was removed. But section 724, which reads as follows: “ Any person who commits the offense of disorderly conduct shall be arraigned before a city magistrate who shall have power to hear and determine and to render final judgment upon conviction therefor,” remained unchanged.

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