139 N.Y.S. 614 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1913
The crime for which defendant was convicted was committed in the borough of the Bronx on October 24, 1912.. The appellant claims that the territory comprised within that borough was erected into a county by chapter 548 of the Laws of 1912,
There can be no question as to the intention of the Legislature upon this subject, which is confirmed by the closing words of the section as follows: “ the said courts of the county of New York, and in the said first judicial district, shall retain and exercise in all civil and criminal proceedings the same jurisdiction they now have.”
We entertain no doubt of the jurisdiction of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of New York to try appellant for the crime whereof he was accused.
It has been repeatedly held that under this provision any crime graded by law as a misdemeanor may be prosecuted in the Court of Special Sessions. (People v. Stein, 80 App. Div. 357; People ex rel. Comaford v. Dutcher, 83 N. Y. 240; People ex rel. Cosgriff v. Craig, 195 id. 190.)
The conviction is affirmed.
Ingraham, P. J., Laughlin, Clarke and Hiller, JJ., concurred.
Judgment affirmed.