Mayor of New York v. Celia

The defendant, Nicholas Celia, gave a bond, under section 851 of the Criminal Code, with the other two; defendants as Ms sureties, to pay $2.50 a week for the support'of Ms bastard child. He defaulted in the payment of such weekly instalments, and the commissioners of public charities ordered suit to be brought, under sections 881, 882 of the Criminal Code, to recover total instalments then due, amounting to $100. By the terms of Ms bond, said defendant and Ms sureties are held and bound to the People of the State of New York, in the sum of $250, to be paid to the said People of the State of…