Commissioners of Pilotage v. Tabbott

Blandeord, Justice.

Certain charges having been preferred against Tabbott for dereliction of duty as pilot, he was tried before the commissioners of pilotage for the port of Brunswick, and found guilty, and, by their judgment and sentence, deprived of the office of pilot. He presented his petition to the judge of the superior court for an appeal to the superior court, which was granted; and on the trial of the issue before a jury in the superior court, he was acquitted of the charge preferred against him. The commissioners moved for a new trial, upon several grounds. The court dismissed the…