State v. Gardner

This was an indictment of a Justice of the Peace for a supposed misdemeanor in office; the indictment was demurred to, and the demurrer sustained: to reverse this judgment, the State brings the cause to this Court by writ of error.

The first section of the act of 4th January, 1825, Revised Code, 469, provides for the appointment of Justices of the Peace, and the act in part defines their duties— the 5th section of which provides “that the said Justices of the Peace shall continue in office during the term of four years from the date of their commissions, unless sooner removed therefrom on…