People v. O'Neil

The defendant was convicted in a Court of Special Sessions in the town of Richmondville, Schoharie County, on March 28, 1951, of the crime of driving an automobile while intoxicated, in violation of subdivision 5 of section 70 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, and appeals from the judgment of conviction on the grounds of alleged insufficiency of the information and failure of evidence to support the conviction.

Trial was had before the Justice of the Peace without a jury, the People and the defendant being represented by counsel on the trial. The defendant moved on the arraignment for a…