State v. Lewis

The defendant was indicted for murder in the second degree for causing the death of one Edward Elliott, in the course of an attempt to.arrest the latter for the commission of a misdemeanor. The defendant was. marshal of the village of Hillsboro, in Highland county, and being put upon trial for the homicide, it became material to inquire into the authority of such officers to make-arrests without a written warrant therefor, and after the evidence had been given, the prosecuting attorney requested the court to give to the jury certain legal prop*183ositions, the object of which was to define the…