Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial ordered.
In the Felony Court, Queens County (a division of the former Magistrates' Courts of the City of New York), defendant was charged, by affidavit of a Fire Marshal, with arson in the second degree. Immediately prior to defendant's arraignment in said Felony Court, the Fire Marshal, an investigative peace officer (Code Crim. Pro., § 154; Administrative Code of the City of New York, § 488[2]...
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