Commonwealth v. Inhabitants of Dedham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, April term, 1817, the following indictment was returned by the grand jury, viz., “ The jurors, &c., on their oath present, that the town of Dedham, in said con ity of Norfolk, at said Dedham, on the 26th day of April, 1816, and from that time, to the 26th day of April, 1817, did contain, and still doth contain two hundred families and upwards ; and that said town of Dedham, at said Dedham, did, during all the time from said 26th of…
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At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, April term, 1817, the following indictment was returned by the grand jury, viz., “ The jurors, &c., on their oath present, that the town of Dedham, in said con ity of Norfolk, at said Dedham, on the 26th day of April, 1816, and from that time, to the 26th day of April, 1817, did contain, and still doth contain two hundred families and upwards ; and that said town of Dedham, at said Dedham, did, during all the time from said 26th of April, 1816, to said 26th of April, 1817, neglect, and still does neglect the procuring and supporting of a grammar…
1Opinion of the CourtWilde, J.
We have taken time for the consideration of this case, not because we thought it entangled with much difficulty, but because we felt unwilling to give a hasty construction to a statute, which has relation to a subject of general interest and importance ; and which, although it has been in operation many years, has not been much discussed in our Courts of law. On this statute, therefore, we have bestowed considerable attention, and we have no remaining doubts, as to its construction.
The first section requires, among other things, that every town or district, containing two hundred families or…
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