People v. Levins

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for a violation of section 18 of article II of the traffic regulations issued by the police department.

Section 18 regulates the parking of motor vehicles.

The power to make these regulations is given to the police department by section 315 of the Greater New York Charter, and a violation of these rules and regulations is triable by a city magistrate. (Greater N. Y. Charter, § 315, as amd. by Laws of 1932, chap. 562.) The magistrate, therefore, had jurisdiction qf the subject-matter of the complaint.

It is contended that the magistrate never…