People v. Swald

Defendant has been tried on an information charging a violation of section 722 of the Penal Law.

The information upon which defendant was placed on trial alleged that he was told about 8:30 p.m. on April 11, 1947, to stop soliciting passengers in the Union Station and that defends ant left the station and returned about 1:00 a.m. on April 12, 1947, and solicited passengers for his cab and when told by the complainant to stop such solicitation, he refused and was placed under arrest.

The trial of the action demonstrated that the complainant did tell the defendant not to solicit passengers at…