Bennac v. People
New York Supreme Court
This is the same case which gave rise to the writ of habeas corpus, and the other proceedings, reported ante, page 31. The facts are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court. The cause was submitted without argument, by
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Willard, J.
This is a certiorari to Halsey R. Wing, Esq. one of the justices of the town of Queensbury, in the county of Warren, to remove to this court certain proceedings before him under the statute relative to disorderly persons. (1 R. S. 638.) It is a common law certiorari. The justice has made a return, but he has not set out in hcec verba, as he ought to have done, the whole proceedings before him. The return states that on the 11th of June, 1846, David M. Dean, one of the overseers of the poor of the town of Queensbury, in.said county, preferred his complaint in writing…
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