PEOPLE EX REL. SIEGAL v. DROS


11 N.Y.2d 167 (1962)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herbert S. Siegal, on Behalf of Arnold Schildhaus, Appellant, v. Edward Dros, as Warden of the Workhouse of the City of New York, Hart Island, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Schildhaus for appellant.

Isidore Dollinger, District Attorney (Walter E. Dillon of counsel), for respondent.

Judges DYE, VAN VOORHIS and FOSTER concur with Judge FROESSEL; Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD and BURKE dissent and vote to affirm.


FROESSEL, J.

Appellant was tried in the Municipal Term of the New York City Magistrates' Court on the basis of an unsworn information charging him with violations of sections 78 and 80 of the Multiple Dwelling Law and sections D26-3.1 and D26-3.2 of the Multiple Dwelling Code (Administrative Code, ch. 26, tit. D) of the City of New York. The court found defendant "guilty as charged". The question presented on...

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