People v. Schwartz

Pound, Ch. J.

A deputy sheriff is charged with parking a vehicle between seven a. m. and six p. m. in front of the court house in the city of Syracuse within the congested district for a longer period than forty-five minutes in violation of a traffic ordinance of the city. His defense is that he used the car on official business and that no other parking facilities were afforded for the vehicle. Unless some divinity doth hedge a deputy sheriff, this can be no defense. The county can provide parking space to keep the cars of the deputy sheriffs off the street. Until then deputy sheriffs are…