People v. City of New York

This is a submission of a controversy on an agreed statement of facts. The question to be determined involves the ownership of certain fines and penalties in the‘sum of $1,861, which were collected in the Second District Magistrate’s Court in the borough of Queens, in 1924, from divers individuals charged with violations of the code of ordinances which was adopted and approved by the board of aldermen of the city of New York.

The fines were imposed for the following offenses: (a) For driving with improper lights on motor vehicles, -under section 12, article 2, chapter 24, of the code; (b) for…