60 Pa. 107 | Pa. | 1869
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
— The ground on which we are asked to reverse these proceedings is, that the aldermen refused to grant the defendant a continuance or even a delay of thirty minutes to procure the attendance of a witness to contradict one who was examined before them. The principle on which the courts proceed on certiorari, in cases of this nature, is very well stated by Judge King, in Knight v. Parry, 1 Ashmead 221: “ If from the
Judgment affirmed.