People v. McDonald

These cases are appeals from a judgment of conviction in the Justice’s Court of the Town of Germantown, presided over by the Honorable Lewis E. Lasher, Justice of the Peace. Each of the defendants has pied guilty to the crime of malicious mischief, a violation of subdivision 2 *51of section 1427 of article 134 of the Penal Law of the State of New York.

Prior to the arrest of the defendants, there had been considerable publicity concerning an alleged wave of vandalism and juvenile delinquency in and about the town of Germantown. The particular charge against the defendants was “that on the 24th…