People v. Brownstein

This is an application for a certificate declaring that an information pending in the Court of Special Sessions, New York County, should be transferred to the Court of General Sessions for prosecution by indictment and trial by jury. The petitioner, a member of the Bar of the State of New York, contends generally that it is presently impossible for a slum owner to obtain a fair trial in the criminal courts of New York City, and that in the interests of justice he should be prosecuted by indictment before a jury.

*300The criminal charge against the petitioner arises from his alleged ownership,…