New York Supreme Court August 4, 1831 (People ex rel. Mapes v. Columbia C. P.)

By the Court,

Savage, Ch. J.

A party intending to apply for a certiorari, must make, or cause to be made, an affidavit setting forth the substance of the testimony and proceedings before the justice, and the grounds upon which the allegation, of error is founded; which affidavit must be presented for the allowance of a certiorari to a proper officer, whose duty it is, if satisfied that any error