Read v. Commonwealth

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsley.

— Thi^ wr¡t 0f error is brought to reverse a judgment of the . ° , , , J p . ..... Nelson circuit court awarded against the plaintiff m er-ror on a presentment for not keeping a road in repair W^"1C^ he was surveyor.

It *s objected that the presentment is defective in not stating with sufficient precision an offence either of omis - s¡on or commission. This objection must have been , , . . , . r , . taken on the supposition that in presentments ot this description it is necessary to charge specially what day roat^ was perm’£ted to be out of repair. It will…