People v. Caballero

Canudo, M.

On November 17, 1948, the defendant was arrested on the complaint that, while riding in a bus, “ he did unnecessarily push and jostle against a male passenger and did place his right hand inside the jacket and in the proximity of the man’s inside jacket pocket.” [Penal Law, § 722, subd. 6.]

When the case was called in Part I of Felony Court on November 26th, after a first adjournment had been granted, the defendant appeared with an attorney who indicated he was ready for trial. Immediately thereafter, the defendant and his attorney engaged in a conversation in a foreign tongue, and…