Haskell v. Davidson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions by Dependant. Tbe case is stated in tbe opinion. Tbe bill of exceptions in tbis case shows that tbe presiding justice, before whom it was tried without tbe intervention of a jury, filed a written decision in which he gave judgment for the plaintiffs.
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On Exceptions by Dependant. Tbe case is stated in tbe opinion. Tbe bill of exceptions in tbis case shows that tbe presiding justice, before whom it was tried without tbe intervention of a jury, filed a written decision in which he gave judgment for the plaintiffs. In this decision the presiding justice further stated: “ The fact that the full demands of public justice have been in any degree disregarded by the officers of the government in allowing the respondent Thompson to go at large without punishment after conviction cannot affect the plaintiff’s title to the reward.”
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, J.
Exceptions to the ruling of the justice who heard the case, without the intervention of a jury, that the defendant was liable upon the following facts, found by him.
The defendant was one of thirty citizens who agreed to pay ten dollars each as a reward “for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who entered the room of Alexander Wilson and *490stole f35 therefrom.” The plaintiffs were informed of this offer and were thereby induced to enter upon an investigation of the crime referred to. As a result of which, facts and circumstances were discovered by them tending strongly to…
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