Brewer v. Watson

This is an application under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act for an order in the nature of a prohibition restraining the respondent, as Police Justice of the Village of Johnson City, New York, from further proceedings in two criminal actions now pending before him in which the petitioner is defendant, charged with violation of two ordinances of said village, one relating to resisting an officer, and another relating to disorderly conduct.

The petitioner claims that the Police Justice is without jurisdiction to try these actions for the reason that the ordinances in question are illegal…