Case Name: JOSEPH SAILER ads. THE STATE
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1838-02
Citations: 16 N.J.L. 357
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOSEPH SAILER ads. THE STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 357–358

Head Matter:
JOSEPH SAILER ads. THE STATE.
Matter of Practice.
Mr. Jeffers
applied for a Certiorari to remove into this Court, three indictments found against the defendant at the Gloucester General Quarter Sessions.
Mr. White,
Attorney-General objected to granting the writ, because the defendant has not appeared or pleaded to the indictments.

Opinion:
By the Court.
No step can be taken by a defendant on an indictment, until he submit himself to the jurisdiction of the Court.
Eyerson, J, also observed, That no motion can be made on an indictment, or in a civil action, by a defendant, without his previous appearance.
Application waived.