New York (State) Laws, statutes, etc. Codes,

Criminal Procedure

THE

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

I and Penal code]

OF THE

State of New York.

AS AMENDED,

AND IN FORCE AT THE CLOSE OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE,

ALBANY, N. V.:

H. B. PARSONS, LAW PUBLISHER.

1

0891

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

BY H. B. PARSONS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

FEB 5 1932
2/5/32

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

OF THE

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

Title of the Code

Divisions of the Code

No person punishable but on legal conviction..

| Crimes, how prosecuted.

Criminal action defined

Parties to a criminal action

The party prosecuted known as defendant..

Rights of defendant in a criminal action

Second prosecution for the same crime prohibited.

No person to be a witness against himself in a criminal action or to

be unnecessarily restrained

PART I.

TITLE L.- OF THE COURTS OF ORIGINAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION

IN GENERAL

II.-OF THE COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF IMPEACHMENTS...

OF THE COURTS OF OYER AND TERMINER....

11

12-20

III.

...

21-25

TITLE V. - OF THE COURTS OF SESSIONS.

CHAPTER I. The courts of sessions in general.........

II. The courts of sessions in counties other than New

37-38

York..

39-49

III. The court of general sessions of the city and county

of New York.....

TITLE VI. - OF THE COURTS OF SPECIAL SESSIONS AND POLICE

COURTS.

CHAPTER I. The special sessions except in the cities of New York

and Albany

..

56--63

CHAPTER II. The special sessions in the city and county of New

York...

IIL. The special sessions of the city of Albany...........

IV. The police courts......

:

PART II.

SEOTION

64-67

68-73

74-78

I. Intervention of public officers in general

II. Security to keep the peace...

OF THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.

TITLE L- OF LAWFUL RESISTANCE.

CHAPTER L General provisions respecting lawful resistance

II. Resistance by the party about to be injured..........

III. Resistance by other parties

....

TITLE II. - OF THE INTERVENTION OF THE OFFICERS OF JUSTICE.

CHAPTER

............

81

82-83

84-99

III. Police in cities and villages, and their attendance at

OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS BY

IMPEACHMENT OR OTHERWISE.

TITLE I. OF IMPEACHMENTS.

...

118-131

II. OF THE REMOVAL OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, POLICE

JUSTICES, AND JUSTICES OF JUSTICES' COURTS AND THEIR

CLERKS.

PART IV.

.........

189

OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS PROSECUTED BY INDICTMENT.

TITLE

I.

OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES... 133-140

II. OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CRIMINAL ACTIONS.... 141-144

III.

OF THE INFORMATION AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON TO

VII. Examination of the case, and discharge of the defend-

TITLE IV. - OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER COMMITMENT, AND BEFORE

222

II. Formation of the grand jury; its powers and duties.. 223-267

INDICTMENT.

CHAPTER L. Preliminary provisions........

TITLE V.- OF THE INDICTMENT.

CHAPTER

I. Finding and presentation of the indictment.

TITLE VI. - OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INDICTMENT, BEFORE

IL Conduct of the jury, after the cause is submitted to

them

423-432

III. The verdict

..

433-454

TITLE VIII. - OF THE PROCEEDINGS AFTER TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDG-

TITLE X.-GENERAL PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO THE PUNISHMENT

OF CRIMES.

CHAPTER I. The death penalty

discipline.......

TITLE X- OF APPEALS.

II. Second offenses, habitual criminals, and special penal

CHAPTER I. Appeals, when allowed, and how taken

II. Dismissing an appeal, for irregularity.

491-509

TITLE XI - OF MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.

CHAPTER I. - Bail.

ARTICLE

I. In what cases the defendant may be admitted to bail, 550-556

II. Bail, upon being held to answer, before indictment, 557-577

III. Bail, upon an indictment, before conviction.... 578-582

VII. Forfeiture of the undertaking of bail, or of the

deposit of money.....

593-598

VIII. Re-commitment of the defendant, after having given

bail, or deposited money instead of bail.