People v. Severns

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Court of Special Sessions of the Town of Albion, New York [Hamilton Doherty, J.]. The defendant was found guilty by a jury of operating and conducting a second*383hand junk and auto parts business without a license, in violation of a Town of Albion ordinance. For such violation, the Justice of the Peace, who presided at the trial, sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of $300 or 90 days in jail. Upon the defendant complying with certain conditions, the sentence would stand suspended.

The ordinance that the defendant was charged with violating…