County Treasurer v. Burr
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Scibe Eacias upon a bond of recognizance entered into before a justice of the peace upon a prosecution against Noadiah Burr, Jr. for a breach of the peace, for assaulting and beating an officer, and resisting him in the execution of his office; upon which said justice ordered and adjudged that he should become bound with surety in the sum of £50 to said treasurer, to be paid upon condition that said Noadiah, Jr. shall fail to appear before the County Court to be holden, etc.…
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Scibe Eacias upon a bond of recognizance entered into before a justice of the peace upon a prosecution against Noadiah Burr, Jr. for a breach of the peace, for assaulting and beating an officer, and resisting him in the execution of his office; upon which said justice ordered and adjudged that he should become bound with surety in the sum of £50 to said treasurer, to be paid upon condition that said Noadiah, Jr. shall fail to appear before the County Court to be holden, etc. and answer to said complaint, and to abide the judgment of said court thereon; and the defendants entered into a bond…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
'Whether the justice ought to have imprisoned him had he refused to give bond with that condition in it, in case he had tendered a bond conditioned to appear before said court, and answer to said complaint, is not necessary to be decided in this case; it is clear that the bond is a lawful bond, taken according to the usual form, and the defendants are holden by it.
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