State v. Woodruff
Supreme Court of Connecticut
In the Court belowj J- HIS was a prosecution before a justice, on the corn-plaint of a grand-juror, for unlawfully voting in the town meeting of Durham, on the 10th of December, 1804. The complaint stated, that the defendant, not being a freeman of the state, nor a lawful inhabitant of Durham, por a householder, “ and who had not, on said 10th day of “ December, a freehold estate rated in the common list at “ nine dollars, or personal estate rated in the said list atone “…
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In the Court belowj J- HIS was a prosecution before a justice, on the corn-plaint of a grand-juror, for unlawfully voting in the town meeting of Durham, on the 10th of December, 1804. The complaint stated, that the defendant, not being a freeman of the state, nor a lawful inhabitant of Durham, por a householder, “ and who had not, on said 10th day of “ December, a freehold estate rated in the common list at “ nine dollars, or personal estate rated in the said list atone “ hundred and thirty-four dollars, and who had never been, in any way or manner, qualified to vote in town-meeting, “ or…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
unanimously, the judgment was reversed, on the ground, that the qualification required by statute is the having a freehold estate actually rated in the common list at nine dollars ;■ and that the having such estate rateable in the list at that sum is not sufficient.
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