People v. Petrulla

This is an application under section 31 of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act (Laws of 1910, chap. 659, as amd.) for a certificate that the charge pending against the defendant be prosecuted by indictment.

The defendant is charged with indecent exposure in violation of section 1140 of the Penal Law.

In support of the application it is alleged that the defendant is an employee of the Federal government, to wit, a rigger’s helper; that he has been so employed since May 4, 1937, that he is a member of a pension system; that conviction might jeopardize his employment and might affect his pension…