Goodwin v. Dodge
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of debt on a recognizance. The plaintiff in his declaration averred, that he wras treasurer of the county of Hartford; that on the 31st of May, 1839, Elisha Munross and Solomon Griswold, grand-jurors of the town of Bristol, in Hartford county, made their complaint to Tracy Peck, Esq., a justice of the peace residing in Bristol’ stating, that Henry Dodge, on the 15th of April, 1839, at said Bristol, sundry articles of personal property [which were…
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This was an action of debt on a recognizance. The plaintiff in his declaration averred, that he wras treasurer of the county of Hartford; that on the 31st of May, 1839, Elisha Munross and Solomon Griswold, grand-jurors of the town of Bristol, in Hartford county, made their complaint to Tracy Peck, Esq., a justice of the peace residing in Bristol’ stating, that Henry Dodge, on the 15th of April, 1839, at said Bristol, sundry articles of personal property [which were specified] alleged to be of the value of 47 dollars, 82 cents, in the whole, then and there being found, feloniously did steal,…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
Henry Dodge, one of these defendants, had been duly arrested upon a complaint made against him for theft. The complaint alleged the stealing of various articles of personal property to a value and amount exceeding fifteen dollars.
Dodge was brought before a justice of the peace for the county of Hartford for examination or trial, on the 31st day of May, 1839 ; and upon his motion, the examination was adjourned until the 11th day of June, and the justice took the recognizance of the defendants, upon which this action was brought,to the treasurer of the county of Hartford, conditioned *209for the…
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