People v. Dutcher

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County, convicting him, after trial, of violating section 233-a of the Conservation Law of the State of New York.

One of the grounds alleged for reversal of the conviction is that the information was not properly sworn to before the Magistrate. The return indicates that the complainant, a game protector employed by the Department of Conservation of the *38State of New York, prepared the information and signed it in the presence of the Justice of the Peace. The signature of the Justice of the Peace…