People v. Lapidus

Allan Lapidus, of Spring Valley, was charged by a complaint of Sergeant John Mihalik with parking on Funston Avenue, a public street in the Village of Spring Valley, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., in violation of subdivision 15 of section 56 of the Spring Valley Village Ordinance. The defendant received a summons for the alleged violation on December 14, 1960.

On the arraignment of this defendant he entered a plea of not guilty, admitting that, indeed his car was parked on the street, but objecting to the charge on the ground that there were no signs posted restricting parking…