People v. Hildebrandt

The appellant was convicted in a court of special sessions, held by the police justice of the town of Newtown, of a misdemeanor arising under section 211 ‘of the Penal Code, for a violation of the general orders and regulations of the board of health of that town, and sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and to be imprisoned in the county jail for the term of sixty days. The alleged grounds of error urged by him as calling for a reversal of the judgment are: First, that he was compelled to go to a trial without the aid of counsel; and, second, that he was denied by the court an adjournment because…