State v. Merwin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Grandjuror’s complaint before a justice of the peace, charging the defendant with placing nuisances on a certain highway in the town of New Milford, in Litchfield county. The complaint contained two counts, one charging the placing of a building and the other of a quantity of stone and a stick of timber on the highway.
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Grandjuror’s complaint before a justice of the peace, charging the defendant with placing nuisances on a certain highway in the town of New Milford, in Litchfield county. The complaint contained two counts, one charging the placing of a building and the other of a quantity of stone and a stick of timber on the highway. The record of the judgment of the justice was as follows :— “And the said Sylvanus Merwin, being required to make answer to said complaint, said he is not guilty in manner and form as in said complaint is alleged ; and the court having inquired into the facts stated in said…
1Opinion of the Court
Hinman, O. J.
The defendant was prosecuted for a nuisance in placing a building, and also a quantity of stone, and a stick of timber projecting from a building, upon a highway in the town of New Milford. There were two counts in the complaint, one relating to the building, and the other to the stone and the stick of timber. The justice made a general finding of guilty, and imposed a fine of seven dollars, and ordered the nuisance to be removed. From this judgment the defendant appealed to the superior court, and in that court moved that the complaint be dismissed on the ground that from the…
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