Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1806

Torrence v. Van Emburgh

Torrence v. Van Emburgh
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided September 15, 1806
3 N.J.L. 106
Torrence v. Van Emburgh

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

— Hero was a trial in the absence of the defendant, and no witness examined; the state of demand was not susceptible of proof in any other way than by witnesses, or the confession of the defendant. The defendant not being present, could have made no confession. So that here is a judgment without evidence.

It must therefore be reversed.

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