People v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
Demurrer to declaration. This was an action on a recognizance, entered into by the defendant, on her conviction as a disorderly person. 1 R. S. 638. The pleader stated, that on the 20th July, 1838, a complaint was made to one of the aldermen, of the city of New-York, charging the defendant with being disorderly: that the alderman acting as a justice of the peace, issued his warrant for the apprehension of the defendant, and caused her to be brought before him, for…
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Demurrer to declaration. This was an action on a recognizance, entered into by the defendant, on her conviction as a disorderly person. 1 R. S. 638. The pleader stated, that on the 20th July, 1838, a complaint was made to one of the aldermen, of the city of New-York, charging the defendant with being disorderly: that the alderman acting as a justice of the peace, issued his warrant for the apprehension of the defendant, and caused her to be brought before him, for examination, to wit, on the said twentieth day of July, when he proceeded to examine into the complaint, and that it was made to…
1Opinion of the CourtCowen, J.
By the Court, This is an action of debt upon a recognizance for good behavour, entered into by the defendant, as a disorderly person, pursuant to the 1 R. S. 645, 6, 2d ed. § 1, 2. The defendant demurs to the declaration, and several causes of special demurrer are assigned, which are clearly without foundation. The proceedings preliminary to the recognizance, the recognizance itself, and the breach, are very well pleaded, in point of form and the only serious questions arise upon several causes of general demurrer assigned ore tenus, on the argument. We shall not examine all these, because we…
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