Case Name: The People, Respondents, v. Henry Daufkirch, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Sessions, Queens County
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-06
Citations: 13 Misc. 408
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People, Respondents, v. Henry Daufkirch, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 408–408

Head Matter:
The People, Respondents, v. Henry Daufkirch, Appellant.
(Queens County Court of Sessions
June, 1895.)
Where the police justice has authority to try summary proceedings only ' as a Court of Special Sessions, it is error to refuse to allow the defendant a trial by jury, if demanded by him.
Appeal from judgment entered upon a conviction by the police justice of LTewtown..
Clarence Edma/rds, for appellant.
Daniel Noble, District Attorney, for the People.

Opinion:
Garretson, J.
Under the authority of The Matter of the Application of Frederick Erbe for a Writ of Prohibition against William J. Monteverde, Police Justice, decided by Bartlett, J., at Kings County Special Term, October 31, 1894 {ante, p. 404), the police justice erred in refusing to allow the defendant a trial by jury, and the judgment upon conviction appealed from should be reversed.
Judgment reversed.