Gould v. Hutchins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was a writ of error, brought to reverse the judgment of a justice of the peace rendered against the present plaintiff, in an action brought by the present defendant as clerk of a company of infantry, commanded by Oliver Adams, to recover a military fine.
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This was a writ of error, brought to reverse the judgment of a justice of the peace rendered against the present plaintiff, in an action brought by the present defendant as clerk of a company of infantry, commanded by Oliver Adams, to recover a military fine. The facts reported by the justice, and material to be stated, were that, Gould, the plaintiff in error, formerly belonged to a company commanded by one Oliver Bourne; that on being ordered out to choose officers, a part of them cast blank votes, and a part voted for persons whom the Colonel of the Regiment deemed, and reported to be, “…
1Opinion of the Court
*148The opinion of the Court was delivered at, the ensuing April term, in this county, by
Parris J.
This is a writ of error, brought to reverse a judgment rendered against the plaintiff in error, in a suit against him for the recovery of a penalty for his non-appearance at a company training of a company of infantry in Kennebunk-port, whereof Oliver Adams is commanding officer, and the defendant is clerk. The record of the justice of the peace, whose judgment we aro called upon to examine, purports to contain a statement of all the facts, as they appeared at the trial, and on which the judgment was…
2Cited by2 opinions
- State ex rel. Devening v. BartholomewIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- State ex rel. Grove v. MottSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1884