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8 Daly 264

People v. Williams

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided April 7, 1879

New York Court of Common Pleas · decided 1879-04-07

Application to vacate a forfeited recognizance. One William Porter was charged before a police justice of the city of New York with having committed a burglary, and was held to bail in the sum of $4000 to appear at the Court of General Sessions and answer any indictment that might be found against him, and gave a recognizance therefor, with the applicant, Wilhelmina Williams, as surety.

Relies on Gosman v. . Cruger

Decided 1879-04-07

Charles P. Daly, Chief Justice.

¶1The judgment on the recognizance in this case must be discharged. The plaintiff, who gave the recognizance, was at the time of giving it a married woman. Her marriage was proved before the referee by the clergyman who celebrated it, and it is well settled that a married woman cannot be bound by a recognizance,' because it is not capable of being estreated. (Bennet v. Wilson, 3 M. & Selw. p. 1, per Le Blanc, J.; Petersdorf on Bail, 506.) Or, if capable, under the enabling acts, to enter into a recognizance as surety, she can only bind her separate estate, and that she does so must be expressed in the instrument. (Gosman v. Crugie, 69 N. Y. 87.)

¶2Van Hoesen, J., concurred.

¶3Judgment vacatéd.

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