Humor From the Bench

This book is non-fiction. It tells the story of a Police Court Judge who served in that capacity for twelve years in an upstate New York Village. It relates how one gets elected to office and what happens in the way of demands upon him after he is elected to the prestigious position in his community. The book is primarily about unique cases that he presided over while in office. The reported were selected for publication because he found them either humorous or interesting or both. The cases should be of interest to a reader because people rarely know what goes on in the lower Courts in the U.S.A.; what kinds of cases appear in that Court and how the Judge manages to cope with them. The book is not only interesting, but it is informational and instructive. People should like it. It should especially appeal to people of Italian extraction; and there are a lot of them in the U.S. of A.

I received a B.A. degree from Syrause University in 1937 and a Law degree from the same University in 1940. I went into service in WWII in Aug. of 1943 - discharged with honor 1946 - I started practicing law when I got back from the War - and in 1949 got elected Police Court Judge for the Village of Salvey - I served in that office for 12 yrs. I did not run for the office for a 4th term. My book is about the many experiences I encountered as the Judge.