State v. Wormell

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
State v. Wormell, 33 Me. 200 (Me. 1851)
Orally, Shepley

State v. Wormell

Opinion of the Court

Shepley, C. J., orally.

— In two respects the recognizance is fatally defective : —

1. It does not show jurisdiction in the justice to take any recognizance.

*2012. The statute limits to $20, the penal sum in which a justice is authorized to take a recognizance in a case like this.

Judgment for defendant, for costs.

Reference

Full Case Name
State versus Lucy Wormell
Status
Published