Walsh v. Honorable Justice District Court

RUGG, Chief Justice. There are two petitions for writs of certiorari to review two proceedings brought by the same person in the District Court of Springfield under G.L.(Ter.Ed.) c. 31, § 45. Mayor of Medford v. Judge of First District Court, 249 Mass. 465, 468, 144 N.E. 397. The returns to these petitions were properly made by the Judge of the court and not by the magistrate who presided over the proceedings. Commonwealth v. Winthrop, 10 Mass. 177; Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners, 112 Mass. 206, 214.