People v. Milne

Judgment of the County Court of Dutchess county, convicting the appellant of the crimes of grand larceny in the first and second degrees, unanimously affirmed. The appellant, having been represented for more than three months by one attorney, attempted, on the eve of the trial, to retain another, knowing that such other attorney would be unable to be present on the date previously fixed for trial, because of another trial engagement in another county. The court refused to grant an adjournment and assigned the original counsel to represent the defendant," which he did throughout the trial.…