People v. Trety

On the 20th of November, 1964 an information was laid before the Court of Special Sessions of the Town of Alfred, New York, by R. K. Meacham, a village police officer, charging the defendant with issuing a fraudulent check in violation of section 1292-a of the Penal Law of the State of New York on the 20th day of November, 1964. On that date a warrant was issued, the defendant was brought into court, the charge was read to him, he pleaded not guilty, demanded a jury trial and ultimately on January 14, 1965, a trial was had of the issues before a jury. In the course of the trial it appeared on…