33 Me. 200
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 1, 1851
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1851-07-01
Scire Facias. The defendant, at the age of fifteen years, recognized to the State, before a justice of the peace, in the penal sum of #50. Held: &c., “and give evidence on behalf of the State upon the complaint on oath óf S. N. against J. W. for the crime of a felonious assault.” She neglected to appear, and this suit is brought to recover the penalty of the recognizance.
Decided 1851-07-01
¶1— In two respects the recognizance is fatally defective : —
¶21. It does not show jurisdiction in the justice to take any recognizance.
¶3*2012. The statute limits to $20, the penal sum in which a justice is authorized to take a recognizance in a case like this.
¶4Judgment for defendant, for costs.