Opinion of the Justices

To the House of Representatives of New Hampshire :

We, the undersigned, justices of the supreme court, received on the 8th instant a copy of the resolutions adopted by your honorable body, January 31, requiring our opinion upon the-questions herein mentioned. To aid us “ hi the investigation of the facts necessary for the determination of the questions,” a copy of the report of the judiciary committee of the last house of representatives was sent to us, accompanied with a copy of the brief laid before the committee by counsel of the trustees of the asylum, and referred to in the report for a…