Watson v. Hall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Qui tam complaint against tlie defendant as a grandjuror for a refusal to make complaint of a breach of the peace; brought upon the 23d section of the 12th chapter of the statute with regard to “crimes and criminal prosecutions.” The case was brought originally before a justice of the peace, and appealed by the plaintiff to the District Court for Litchfield County, and was by that court reserved, upon a finding* of the facts, for the advice of this court.
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Qui tam complaint against tlie defendant as a grandjuror for a refusal to make complaint of a breach of the peace; brought upon the 23d section of the 12th chapter of the statute with regard to “crimes and criminal prosecutions.” The case was brought originally before a justice of the peace, and appealed by the plaintiff to the District Court for Litchfield County, and was by that court reserved, upon a finding* of the facts, for the advice of this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The defendant was elected a grandjuror of the town of Kent on the first Monday of October, 1875, and took the oath of office in February, 1876. On the evening of July 4th, 1876, an affray took place in Kent, between one Comstock and Wellington Watson, Jr., a son of the plaintiff. The case finds that Comstock committed a breach of the peace, and that the plaintiff procured a complaint to be drawn against him for the offense, and presented it to the defendant as a grandjuror, and requested him to sign it, and that he declined to sign it, and informed the plaintiff that he should not. It is…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- Lathrop v. LathropSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Tulin v. TulinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- State v. BoydConnecticut Appellate Court · 1967
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