§ 180. Jurisdiction of police court. If, under the general or local laws, there now exists or shall hereafter be established in the city a court of criminal jurisdiction known as the police court, it shall have the jurisdiction and powers hereinafter provided.
§ 181. Police justice. There shall be one justice of the court to be known as the police justice. Said office shall be filled by election by the electors of the city at the city election. The term of the police justice shall be six years and he shall receive an annual salary, to be […]
§ 182. Vacancy, how filled. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term, in the office of police justice, the same shall be filled, for the balance of the unexpired term, at the next city election happening not less than thirty days after such vacancy occurs. Until such vacancy shall be so […]
§ 183. Jurisdiction and powers. The police court shall have, in the first instance, exclusive jurisdiction to try and determine all charges of misdemeanor, committed within the city and shall also have exclusive jurisdiction to try and determine all complaints and charges for violation of city ordinances, and shall have the power and jurisdiction now […]
§ 184. Further jurisdiction. The police justice shall also possess all the powers and jurisdiction of a magistrate, which are or may be conferred by law upon justices of the peace, concerning offenses committed within the city. He shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as are now or may be conferred […]
§ 186. Office hours. It shall be the duty of the police justice to be present at the police court rooms at such times and during such hours as the public interest may require, unless necessarily detained therefrom.
§ 187. Clerk. The police justice shall have a clerk of the court, who shall be the confidential appointee of said justice, and who shall have the power to take informations upon which warrants for the arrest of persons charged with the commission of crimes may be issued by said justice. The clerk shall also […]
§ 188. Trial by jury. In the police court, at the time of interposing any plea which forms an issue of fact, the defendant may demand a trial by jury, and unless so demanded then a trial by jury is waived.
§ 189. Jurors and juries. Jurors for the trial of an action in which a jury has been demanded shall be drawn and summoned and a trial jury shall be procured in all respects in accordance with the provisions of the justice court act. A police officer shall have all the powers and duties of […]
§ 191. Pay of jurors. Jurors in the police court shall receive the same compensation as jurors in justice’s court held by justices of the peace except that in the police court of the city of Albany jurors shall receive such compensation as may be provided by the board of estimate and apportionment of the […]
