State v. Town of Leicester
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for neglecting to comply with an order of the county court establishing, upon the report of commissioners appointed pursuant to the statute, on a petition for that purpose, a certain public highway in the town of Leicester, and directing such highway to be opened for working and completed and opened for travel within certain periods of time. The respondent pleaded not guilty, and the cause was tried at the June Term, 1860, — Pierpoint, J., presiding.
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Indictment for neglecting to comply with an order of the county court establishing, upon the report of commissioners appointed pursuant to the statute, on a petition for that purpose, a certain public highway in the town of Leicester, and directing such highway to be opened for working and completed and opened for travel within certain periods of time. The respondent pleaded not guilty, and the cause was tried at the June Term, 1860, — Pierpoint, J., presiding. The prosecution offered in evidence the report of the commissioners establishing the road in question, together with the record of…
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
This was an indictment against the town of Leicester for neglecting and refusing to comply with an order of the county court, establishing, upon the report of commissioners appointed pursuant to the statute, on a petition for that purpose, a certain public highway in that town, and directing said highway to be opened for working, and completed and opened for travel, within certain periods of time limited by the order for those purposes. On trial, the report of the commissioners, with the record of the proceedings of the county court thereon, was introduced as evidence to sustain the…
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- State v. Towns of Williston, Essex, Jericho, & UnderhillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
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