Case Name: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELEFANTO, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-11-01
Citations: 137 N.Y.S. 1133
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELEFANTO, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 137
Pages: 1133–1133

Head Matter:
PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELEFANTO, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
’November 1, 1912.)
Proceeding by the People of the State of New York against Giuseppe Elefante.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment of conviction of the Court of Special Sessions reversed, and new trial ordered, upon the ground that the defendant was an ignorant and illiterate man, unable to speak the English language, and unaware at the time that he was being tried for the offense charged against him, and was unrepresented by counsel. See, also, 149 App. Div. 958, 133 N. Y. Supp. 1136. _