State v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information, for horse stealing, filed by the state's attorney against the respondent, in-the words and figures following £ State of Vermont, Lamoille County, ss.
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Information, for horse stealing, filed by the state's attorney against the respondent, in-the words and figures following £ State of Vermont, Lamoille County, ss. Lamoille ‘ County Court, December Term, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty. ‘ Be it remembered that Harlow P. Smith, state’s attorney t within and for the county of Lamoille, aforesaid, in his * proper person, comes into court here and upon his oath of {office, gives said court to understand and be informed that ' Volney Gilbert, of Elmore, in the county of Lamoille, afore- ‘ said, heretofore, to wit, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
The objection to the use of the words An-no Domini, in the caption of the indictment, cannot prevail. The abbreviations A. D., standing for these same words, were considered sufficient in an indictment, State v. Hodgeden, 3 Vt. R. 481, a fortiori, the words themselves should be. These words have become literally English by adoption. The same is true of a very considerable number of terms in the language. Most of these adopted terms have changed their costume, while others have not. <! Phenomenon” and “ memorandum,” are as strictly English,…
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