Reed v. Police Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for a writ of certiorari, to quash an order or judgment of the Police Court of Lowell. The petition alleged that the petitioner, who was serving at the state prison a sentence of the Superior Court, was arrested on December 24, 1897, upon a complaint for the larceny of $3,500 upon a warrant issued from the Police Court of Lowell, and entered into a recognizance before a master in chancery, the material parts of which are as follows: “ The condition of this…
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Petition for a writ of certiorari, to quash an order or judgment of the Police Court of Lowell. The petition alleged that the petitioner, who was serving at the state prison a sentence of the Superior Court, was arrested on December 24, 1897, upon a complaint for the larceny of $3,500 upon a warrant issued from the Police Court of Lowell, and entered into a recognizance before a master in chancery, the material parts of which are as follows: “ The condition of this recognizance is such, that whereas, at a Police Court holden at Lowell, on the twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to be addressed to the Police Court of Lowell for the purpose of quashing or annulling an order or judgment of that court whereby the sum of $7,000, which the petitioner had deposited on giving his personal recognizance in a criminal complaint against him before that court, was adjudged to be forfeited, and was ordered to be paid to thex treasurer of the county of Middlesex, and was so paid. Pub. Sts. c. 212, § 68.
The point has not been taken that certiorari is not the proper remedy. See Lynch v. Crosby, 134 Mass. 313. The proceedings on the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lynch v. CrosbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
3Cited by1 opinion
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