State v. Knapp
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an information, filed by the state’s attorney, in the superior court, against the defendant, alleging, That there is, and for fifty years last past, has been, in the town of Danbury, a public highway for all the people of this state to pass and re-pass, at pleasure, with their teams, carriages, &c. ; and that, on the, 1st of May, 1825, the defendant, with force and arms, erected, and to the date of said information, continued upon said highway, a large stone wall,…
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This was an information, filed by the state’s attorney, in the superior court, against the defendant, alleging, That there is, and for fifty years last past, has been, in the town of Danbury, a public highway for all the people of this state to pass and re-pass, at pleasure, with their teams, carriages, &c. ; and that, on the, 1st of May, 1825, the defendant, with force and arms, erected, and to the date of said information, continued upon said highway, a large stone wall, ten rods in length, extending ten feet into and towards the centre of said highway, whereby said highway hath been, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
My own opinion of common law crimes and punishments, was fully expressed, in State v. Danforth, 3 Conn. Rep. 112. which remains unaltered; and although I am unable to comprehend the ground on which that case was decided, I am bound by its authority, so long as it remains unimpeached, by a contrary decision. It is, therefore, my duty to say, that the superior court has jurisdiction of high crimes and misdemeanours at common law; and the only question for me now to decide, is, do the facts alleged in the information constitute such an offence ?
“ High crimes and misdemeanours,” says Russell, *'…
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