
    The People of the State of New York ex rel. Norman Cooper, Appellant, v. The Sheriff of the County of Washington, Respondent.
   Order unanimously affirmed upon the ground that the certificate of conviction was sufficient under the authority of People ex rel. Bidwell v. Pitts (111 App. Div. 319); and upon the further ground that the complaining witness in a criminal action is not a “ party to the controversy ” within the meaning of section 15 of the Judiciary Law. 
      
       Amd. by Laws of 1917, chap. 28.— [Rep.
     