People v. Cittrola

Martin, J.:

The defendant was arrested and placed on trial in the Magistrate's Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Third District, on an affidavit verified August 31, 1922, charging him. with carrying animals in a cruel and inhuman manner, a misdemeanor under section 189 of the Penal Law. He was required to plead; and his plea was “ not guilty."

The commitment states that a trial was had on August 31, 1922, before a city magistrate, holding a Court of Special Sessions, and that on the same day defendant was found guilty and sentenced to the workhouse for twenty days. Thereafter…