People v. Compton
The Superior Court of New York City
Ebb. 19,1853.—All the defendants appeared under the separate attachments issued against them. The interrogatories were filed on the part of the relators, which the defendants were allowed time to answer, and were recognised to appear again on the 26th instant. Feb. 26.—Defendants having appeared, the interrogatories and their answers thereto were read.
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Ebb. 19,1853.—All the defendants appeared under the separate attachments issued against them. The interrogatories were filed on the part of the relators, which the defendants were allowed time to answer, and were recognised to appear again on the 26th instant. Feb. 26.—Defendants having appeared, the interrogatories and their answers thereto were read. The answers admitted all the material facts set forth in the affidavits upon which the attachments were granted. {Ante, pp. 454-464.) It appeared that the resolution making the grant to J acob Sharp and his associates was adopted in the Board…
1Opinion of the CourtDuer, J.
The provisions of the statute, upon reading them, appear sufficiently clear, but as the question now raised, as to their construction, is of considerable importance, we shall take time to consider it. The defendants must, therefore, be recognised to appear again on Tuesday next (March 1st), and must then be prepared to answer the interrogatories, if we shall hold them to be relevant.
March 1st. Dube, J.—I retain the opinion that the construction of the statute, under which these proceedings are had, is free from any reasonable doubt. (2 R. S., tit. 13, chap. 8, part 3, p. 534.) It is true, the…
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