Ramsdale v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, W. Grawford Ramsdale, from an order of the Supreme Court made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Orleans on the 2d day of March, 1896, denying his motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus against the board of supervisors of the county of Orleans, commanding them to audit and allow his claim for services performed as a justice of the peace in a certain criminal proceeding.
1Opinion of the Court
Green, J.:
The relator was, during the year 1895, a justice of the peace in Orleans county. In March of that year there was laid before him. *551as such justice, an information charging the accused person with the crime of arson; and thereupon the relator issued a warrant for the apprehension of the accused, who was arrested and brought before him, and an examination took place which resulted in holding the accused for trial. In October, 1895, at the annual meeting of the board of supervisors, the relator presented an itemized account for services and fees in the said proceedings, amounting in the…
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