Case of Parcher

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Case of Parcher, 2 Me. 321 (Me. 1823)

Case of Parcher

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

It is very clear that the act charged in the indictment ivas no offence at common law, but was merely a trespass; *322and it falls within the principle of Commonwealth v. Knowlton, 2 Mass. 530. and for the reasons there given the judgment in this case must be arrested. The jurisdiction docs not belong to the Court below, unless expressly given; which in the present instance has not been done.

Reference

Full Case Name
The case of PARCHER & al.
Status
Published