People v. Afarian

Barnes,

Acting Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction in the City .Court of the City of Binghamton, by a jury, of the crime of assault in the third degree. The details of the complaint are not material; they grew out of a neighborhood quarrel between the defendant and a Mrs. Marderian and her grown son. In addition to these two people, there was also present the husband of the defendant during part of the battle. The defendant was victorious. There are a considerable number *201of errors alleged in the trial but there is one which has especial importance in view of the recent…