Longley v. Cleavland
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Charges of fraud, filed under the Gen. Sts. c. 124, § 31, upon the defendant’s application to be admitted to take the oath for the relief of poor debtors. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the first charge, and not guilty on the second charge; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
It appears by the record of the magistrate, that Truman Cleavland, the debtor, entered into a recognizance with sureties for his appearance on June 7, 1879, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, at the office of the magistrate in Enfield; and that due notice was served on the creditor that the debtor desired to take the oath for the relief of poor debtors at that time and place, “ at which time the said Truman Cleavland appeared and was in attendance a full hour, at the expiration of which hour the said Longley, not appearing, was declared in default; before the oath was administered to said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Palmer v. MerrillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
- O'Connell v. HoveyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
3Cited by1 opinion
- Warburton v. GourseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906