Collier v. Elliott

Lumpkin, Presiding Justice.

The commissioners of roads and revenues of Eulton county, some years ago, passed an order by which they undertook to establish a board of “county police,” and to prescribe rules and regulations for the government of this force. It was made the duty of the men composing it “to arrest and make cases against all parties in Eulton county whom they know, or may have evidence against, for the violation of any State law.” These men were furnished with horses and pistols, and provided with quarters at the “Fulton county barracks.” Rot one word in the order, or in the-rules…