People ex rel. Gaffney v. Mayer

On the 2d day of July, 1903, information was laid before the respondent, acting as magistrate for the *369county of Yew York, under section 148 of the Code of Qriminal Procedure, by the depositions of Russell Bleecker, Patrick J. Scully and Charles O’Neill.

These depositions purported to charge the relator, James E. Gaffney, of the city of Yew York, with the commission of a misdemeanor consisting of a violation of section 1533 of the Greater New York City Charter. L. 1897, ch. 378.

On this information the respondent issued a warrant of arrest against relator and he was apprehended by a peace…