State v. Waterhouse
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment, for willfully refusing to make a vote certain by a poll of the voters, while the defendant was acting as moderator of a special meeting of the school district of Barrington. Tbe defendant’s demurrer was overruled by Wallace, G. J., at the February term, 1902, of the superior court, subject to exception.
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
A moderator is one of the officers provided by statute to conduct the affairs of a school-district meeting (P. S., e. 90, s. 12); and as such officer he is charged with the performance of certain public duties. Stone v. Towne, 67 N. H. 113, 115. By section 17, chapter 90, and section 6, chapter 42, of the Public Statutes, he is charged with the particular duty here called in question, — of polling the voters to make certain any vote, other than one taken by ballot, upon being duly required so to do. While section 17 provides that a school-district moderator “ shall have the like power and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. McConnellSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
- Stone v. TowneSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1891
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