People v. Semonite

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions, Town of Liberty, convicting defendant, after trial, of violating subdivision 3 of section 56 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, a traffic infraction commonly known as speeding (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 2, subd. 29).

The return and amended or further return indicate that the information was not sworn to by the informant before the Justice of the Peace in question, although the Justice apparently signed the jurat thereon at some time other than when the informant affixed his signature.

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