State v. Foster
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment, alleging “That Augustus Foster, of Haverhill, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on or about the 18th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen at Raymond in the County of Rockingham, aforesaid, with force and arms, when the public streets of said Raymond were frequented by disorderly and riotous persons who were threatening to commit and committing assaults upon peaceful citizens then and there passing,…
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Indictment, alleging “That Augustus Foster, of Haverhill, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on or about the 18th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen at Raymond in the County of Rockingham, aforesaid, with force and arms, when the public streets of said Raymond were frequented by disorderly and riotous persons who were threatening to commit and committing assaults upon peaceful citizens then and there passing, by wilfully making an assault upon one Dana W. Bowers who was then and there a duly authorized police officer of said…
1Opinion of the Court
The charge here made is doing acts tending to incite others to interfere unlawfully with persons upon their way to their lawful business. Laws 1913, c. 211; Laws 1919, c. 155, s. 2. The acts specified are, first, an assault upon a police officer, and second, pointing out certain persons as employees of Chase, Chamberlain Co. on their way to work, all while the streets were frequented by riotous persons who were assaulting and threatening citizens, with intent to incite the rioters to interfere with said employees, do them bodily injury and intimidate them.
Objection is made to the sufficiency…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Benoit v. PerkinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1918
- State v. WrenSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
- Hersey v. HutchinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
- Turner v. Cocheco Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1910
- Kier v. ParksSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1918
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