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The People, ex relat. William Armstrong, against The Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oneida
Per Curiam.
Courts of Common Pleas are creatures of statute, and, in every sense, inferior Courts. They have no power, except by statute, to grant new trials. They cannot entertain a writ of error coram nobis, nor a writ of error of any description. (Arnold v. Sandford, 14 Johns. Rep. 417.) The rule must be made absolute.
Rule absolute..