Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1811

State v. Judges of Bergen Common Pleas

State v. Judges of Bergen Common Pleas
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided February 15, 1811
3 N.J.L. 737

State v. Judges of Bergen Common Pleas

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

— Under the circumstances of this case, the Court of Common Pleas ought to have proceeded to try the cause; the act requiring the justice to send the bond, transcript, &c. to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, on or before the first day of the next term, is only directory to the justice, and not conclusive on the Court. The mandamus must therefore issue.

Rule absolute for a peremptory Mandamus.

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