In re Jones
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 27, 1905, which affirmed an order of the Nassau County Court denying the motion of petitioners to set aside and quash a presentment of the grand jury of that county against them made at the term of the County Court for November, 1903. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Per curiam
On the 11th of December, 1903, a grand jury in attendance at the County Court of Hassau county made a presentment, by which, after alleging certain facts, they censured the board of supervisors of said county then in office for “not seeing to it that the minutes of their proceeding’s were regularly entered and posted in a minute book kept for that purpose by their clerk, and that the minutes of the proceedings of the former board were not written up and posted to date.” Ho indictment was found against the board of supervisors, or any member thereof.
A motion was made 'by the persons composing…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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