State v. Renton
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Indictment for a riot in tbe town of Concord, in tbe evening of tbe 4th day of July, 1842. Upon the trial, evidence was offered on tbe part of tbe prosecution to show that the citizens of Concord, at tbe annual meeting in March, 1842, adopted measures to put a stop to such proceedings as bad in previous years taken jilaco in that town on tbe 4th day of July.
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Indictment for a riot in tbe town of Concord, in tbe evening of tbe 4th day of July, 1842. Upon the trial, evidence was offered on tbe part of tbe prosecution to show that the citizens of Concord, at tbe annual meeting in March, 1842, adopted measures to put a stop to such proceedings as bad in previous years taken jilaco in that town on tbe 4th day of July. It appeared that the meetings of persons assembled on that day in previous years were of a riotous and disorderly character; that in tbe years 1839,1840 and 1841, fires were lighted in the State-house yard, fire balls were thrown, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, J.
The precedents of indictments for a riot do not state any specific purpose or act which the rioters intended or assembled to accomplish. Davis's Precedents, No. 304; 4 Burn's Justice 117; 4 Wentworth's Pleadings 309; Davis's Civ. § Cr. Jus. 600; Commonwealth vs. Runnels, 10 Mass. 518. All the precedents state that the persons assembled “ to disturb the peace,” and in some of the forms the unlawful acts they committed are specified. The precedent from Davis, referring to 2 Stark. 640, 2 Chitty’s Cr. L. 488, states that the repondents on, &c. at, &c. did unlawfully assemble themselves together,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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