People v. Kraft

The defendant is charged with maintaining a public nuisance and thereby violating section 1530 of the Penal Law, the proceeding having been brought before Clarence W. McCray, police justice of the village of Waverly, N. Y., who has held the defendant for trial in said Court of Special Sessions. Defendant now moves for a certificate of removal. The offense with which the defendant is charged is a misdemeanor, and the punishment therefor is imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail not exceeding one year or a fine of $500, or both. The defendant insists that the said Court of Special…