State v. Rich

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

An action of debt was brought, in the First District Court of the city of Newark, by the defendant in certiorari against the prosecutor to recover the sum of $200, being the amount due upon a certain check made by the prosecutor and held by the defendant. When the case came on for trial, the defendant below, the prosecutor here, demanded a trial by jury without being required to pay in advance the expenses of the venire. This demand .was refused by the trial court, and an exception to such refusal was prayed for and allowed. The trial of the…