State v. Moore
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for a nuisance by the defendant in placing spring guns in his shop for its protection against burglars, by reason of which the public were endangered in passing by upon the adjacent highway. The jury returned the following special verdict. In this ease the jury find the following facts:— The defendant owned and occupied a blacksmith’s shop adjoining a public highway in Colebrook, about one and a half rods from the traveled path.
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Information for a nuisance by the defendant in placing spring guns in his shop for its protection against burglars, by reason of which the public were endangered in passing by upon the adjacent highway. The jury returned the following special verdict. In this ease the jury find the following facts:— The defendant owned and occupied a blacksmith’s shop adjoining a public highway in Colebrook, about one and a half rods from the traveled path. It had been entered by burglars, and subsequent efforts made to enter it again. The defendant, for the purpose of protecting his premises, placed at…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
It is not easy to see how the mere act of s Siting spring guns on his own premises by the defendant can l holden unlawful in itself. That such an act could not be u holden seems to have been admitted in the leading case of Ilott v. Wilkes, 3 Barn. & Ald., 304. But it may nevertheless be true that he may be responsible for any injury occasioned thereby to individuals; and be indictable for tie *482ion of a nuisance, if tlie public were thereby subjected to longer and consequent annoyance,
iat a man may not do directly, he may not do indirectly, the rules of the common law the defendant could not,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. PattersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1840
- People v. SandsNew York Supreme Court · 1806
- State v. CarrierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1811
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
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