People v. Dawson

The defendant was convicted of disorderly conduct, in violation of section 720 of the Penal Law, upon a plea of guilty before the Honorable Frank E. Smith, Justice of the Peace, of the Town of Brownville, on March 12, 1960. Judgment was entered on that date, and the defendant has appealed.

In substance, the defendant alleges that the information did not properly charge the crime for which he was convicted, and that it was jurisdictionally defective.

Pertinent portions of the information read as follows: “ That one Francis Dawson, on the 12th day of March, 1960, at the Dawson Home, in the Town…