Gildersleeve v. People
New York Supreme Court
Error to the court of common pleas of the city and county of New-York. The judgment in that court was rendered in favor of the people for $1000 of debt, against Grildersleeve and Roberts, upon a recognizance executed by the defendants on the 4th of February, 1843, to the people in the sum of $1000, pending an indictment against Grildersleeve for forgery.
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Error to the court of common pleas of the city and county of New-York. The judgment in that court was rendered in favor of the people for $1000 of debt, against Grildersleeve and Roberts, upon a recognizance executed by the defendants on the 4th of February, 1843, to the people in the sum of $1000, pending an indictment against Grildersleeve for forgery. The condition of the recognizance was as follows: “ That if the above named Richard Grildersleeve, shall personally appear at the next court of general sessions of the peace, to be holden in and for the city and county of New-York, and then…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Edwards, J.
The first ground of error alledged by the plaintiffs is, that the recognizance upon which the judgment below was founded, describes no offense, and is defective on its face.
In the case of The People v. Koeber, (7 Hill, 39) and of The People v. Young, (7 Id. 44,) it was held by the supreme court, that the recognizance should so far state the crime charged, as to show the case to be one over which the officer taking it had jurisdiction. Bus, subsequently, in The People v. Kane, (4 Denio, 530,) it was held by the same court, that a recognizance need not recite the…
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