In Re Stegman

The petition of Stegman, Duffy, Doyle, Lalor, Byrne and Tully, residents of the city of Newark, and citizens of New Jersey, was presented to the court alleging that they had been arraigned in the Essex quarter sessions on November 25th, 1932; they had pleaded not guilty; the court had fixed bail in the case of each of the petitioners at an excessive amount; the court had denied application to reduce the bail; the amount of bail resulted in a violation of the state constitutional provision that "excessive bail shall not be required, * * *." The petition concludes with the usual prayer. No…