Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1877

State v. Sherburne

State v. Sherburne
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided August 5, 1877 · Foster, Stanley
58 N.H. 159

State v. Sherburne

Opinion of the Court

Foster, J.

The indictment is not sufficient, upon s. 5, 6, or 7, c. 259, Gen. St., because it does not allege that the officer was engaged in tlie service of process in a civil case, or in any criminal case described in either of those sections. It is not sufficient, upon s. 8, because it does not allege that the officer was in the discharge of any duty of his office “ in any case not included in the preceding sections.”

Case discharged.

Stanley, J., did not sit.

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