Opinion · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Ex Parte Neal
14 Mass. 205
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Date
- 1817-06-15
- Topic
- general
A justice of the peace was fined for not returning a recognizance taken by him, until the second day of the term. “ Ordered, that John Neal, Esq., one of the justices of the peace for the county of Lincoln, pay a fine of four dollars, for neglecting to return a recognizance taken by him and returnable to this Court; he not having delivered the same, or caused it to be delivered, until Wednesday, the second day of the term; and although present in Court, having given no sufficient excuse for his negligence ; and that he stand committed until the payment of the said fine.”
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A justice of the peace was fined for not returning a recognizance taken by him, until the second day of the term.
“ Ordered, that John Neal, Esq., one of the justices of the peace for the county of Lincoln, pay a fine of four dollars, for neglecting to return a recognizance taken by him and returnable to this Court; he not having delivered the same, or caused it to be delivered, until Wednesday, the second day of the term; and although present in Court, having given no sufficient excuse for his negligence ; and that he stand committed until the payment of the said fine.”