People v. Lord

The defendant was arraigned before a justice of the peace of the town of Huntington for a violation of section 1530 of the Penal Law, which is a misdemeanor punishable, under section 1937 of the Penal Law, by imprisonment for one year or by a fine of $500, or by both. On the arraignment he was not tried, but was held to await the action of the grand jury of Suffolk county, which has indicted him. He now moves for dismissal of the indictment on the ground that the crime was triable in the *741first instance before the justice of the peace sitting as a Court of Special Sessions, under subdivision…