People v. Kessler

Defendant was convicted in the City Court of Watertown, New York, of the crime of violation of subdivision 5 of section 70 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law before Honorable George Inglehart, Jr., City Judge of Watertown, and a jury; sentence under the judgment of conviction was thereafter imposed by the City Judge.

From the judgment of conviction, the defendant appealed and asks that the conviction be reversed, the information dismissed, and the fine remitted. Reliance for this relief is based by the defendant upon the fact that the Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of Watertown, rather…