People v. Belcher

In People v. Bertram (302 N. Y. 526), also decided today, we passed upon the sufficiency of an information, filed in a court of special sessions outside of the city of New York, charging the commission of a misdemeanor, where the information served as a predicate for a warrant of arrest as well as a pleading for the trial. We held such an information defective when alleged to be on information and belief and when actually founded upon mere hearsay, if supporting depositions under oath are not furnished. The present case, on the other hand, involves the sufficiency of an information employed…