State v. Leathers

English, Ch. J.:

Indictment in the Hempstead Circuit Court, found at the May term, 1875.

The indictment charged:

“ That James Leathers and John Stroud, late of, etc., on the 20th day of December, A. D. 1874, with force and arms, in the county aforesaid, the dwelling house of one Henry Jefferson, there situate, unlawfully and unreasonably did search, without procuring from any officer authorized to issue process for apprehension of offenders, a warrant to search said dwelling house, against the will of the said Henry Jefferson, to the great perversion and detriment of the constitutional rights of…