New York State Licensed Bail Agent's Ass'n v. Murtagh

There can be no doubt that the Board of City Magistrates has the power and the duty to adopt rules to regulate the conduct of proceedings in the Magistrates’ Courts. Section 4 of the Judiciary Law requiring the sittings of the Magistrates’ Courts to be public, and that every citizen may freely attend the same, would not prevent the board from making reasonable and effective rules to prevent the improper use of courtrooms and approaches thereto by bondsman for the solicitation of business or similar private purposes found to conflict with the public interests.

Rule 52 of the Magistrates’ Courts…