Dyer v. State

The plaintiffs in error were indicted, as members of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Hall county, for malpractice in office. The only question raised for our determination by the present record is whether such officers are entitled, before indictment, to notice of the charges against them, by service of a copy of the proposed accusation, and to an opportunity of being heard in their own defense. We think that there can be no question that the plaintiffs in error were entitled to notice and a hearing upon the charge of malpractice in office. As officers they were acting…