Tate v. State

Prosecution against a supervisor of a road for neglect of duty. The indictment charges the existence of “ a certain road and public highway” (describing it;) that a portion of the road (describing it) included in what is known by the name of road district number seven, was greatly out of repair by reason of gullies, ruts, drains, and ditches, so as to be impassable, &c.; that Tate, .the plaintiff in error, being the acting supervisor of and for said road district, was bound to keep the roads within the same in good repair ; and that well knowing that the portion of road before described was…