People v. Saperstein

This is an application by defendant Saperstein for a certificate of reasonable doubt and for an order fixing bail pending appeal in the event that the application is granted. The defendant herein was convicted of criminal contempt on five separate counts by a special jury in the Court of General Sessions after a lengthy trial on the 2nd day of July, 1954. On July 30, 1954, said defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one year on each of the five counts, said terms to run consecutively. The defendant was convicted under section 600 of the Penal Law which makes it a misdemeanor…