People v. Spritzer

Wadhams, J. :

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction in the Magistrate’s Court. The only ground upon which the defendant contends that the judgment should be reversed is that the magistrate failed to give notice to the defendant in conformity with section 81 of chapter 659 of the Laws of 1910, known as the Inferior Criminal Courts Act. Section 81 provides :

*227“ At the time of the arraignment and also immediately upon the conviction of a defendant, the magistrate shall inform said defendant that he is entitled to communicate with his relatives or friends, and that he may send a letter or…