Bulkley v. Boyce
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment, entered in Jefferson county, dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, with costs. The trial was had at the circuit before the court without a jury.
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Appeal from a judgment, entered in Jefferson county, dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, with costs. The trial was had at the circuit before the court without a jury. On the nineteenth day of September, Boyce as principal and Nicholson as surety, executed and delivered to the recorder of the city of "Watertown, an undertaking under their hands and seals, reciting proceedings had, and containing the following condition, viz.: “And, whereas, on the establishment of said complaint, the said recorder did make an order requiring the said Caleb ~W. Boyce to enter into an engagement in writing, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.,
Section 899 of the Code of Criminal Procedure declares The following are disorderly persons: (1.) “ Persons who actually abandon their wives or children without adequate suqrport, or leave them in danger of becoming a burden upon the public, or who neglect to provide for them according to their means.” (2.) “Persons who threaten to run away and leave their wives or children a burden upon the public.”
Section 900 authorizes a warrant for the arrest of such persons upon complaint on oath to a justice of the peace * * * or recorder. Section 901 provides that “ if the magistrate be…
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- Richardson v. . CrandallNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Theriott v. BagioliThe Superior Court of New York City · 1862