Doane v. Dalrymple

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The defendant, as police magistrate of the city of Passaic, accepted $500 cash from one Eoswell P. Fox in lieu of the statutory fop.il upon a bastardy complaint against the latter before the magistrate. - The usual form of recognizance was entered into by the defendant and this prosecutor, in which the payment of the $500 in. lieu of bail is recited. The defendant was convicted before the magistrate and thereafter entered an appeal to the Passaic Quarter Sessions, where his conviction was affirmed; and thereafter, instead of complying with…