People v. Lee Foon

The questions presented by this appeal are (1) whether defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment was timely made; and (2) if so, was it properly granted.

By information filed the defendant was accused “ of the Crime of Possessing A Narcotic Drug, committed as follows:

“ The said defendant, on the 17th day of November, 1936, at The City of New York, in the County of New York, unlawfully did possess and have control of a certain narcotic drug.”

*617At the trial the defendant pleaded guilty. By a majority vote he was committed to the New York City Penitentiary, there to be dealt with according to law.…