People v. Mezzatesta

The defendant has appealed from a judgment of conviction rendered in the Justice Court of the Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York, by Hon. Hubert Johnson, Justice of said court, on October 29, 1951. Upon the appeal, he questions only the sufficiency of the information upon which he was arrested and put on trial. He made timely objection by motion to dismiss the information for insufficiency at the opening of the trial and again at the close of both the People’s and defendant’s case.

The information was made by a deputy sheriff and alleged in substance, that the defendant violated…