Fainardi v. Dunn

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari directed to the respondent in his capacity as a magistrate in examining and acting upon the application of Ettore Sghelli to take the poor debtor’s oath. The petitioner prays that the respondent be required to certify the record relating to said application to this court to the end that so much thereof as is illegal may be quashed.

The respondent has forwarded the record in question to us and has also approved the truth of a transcript of the evidence taken before him at the hearing upon said application. This transcript is before us.

The applicant…