¶1also, considered that the power of the governor and council to make a new division of this kind, was settled in the case .of Commonwealth vs. Thaxter, 11 Mass. Rep. 386.
¶2Proceedings quashed.
16 Mass. 523
Commonwealth v. Allen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 1820
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1820-10-15
, clerk of a company of militia in the town of Braintree, commanded by Lewis French, complained against the said Allen, for neglecting to appear at a muster of the company on the 16th of June, 1819 ; upon which the said justice had found Allen guilty, and had adjudged him to pay a fine of two dollars. [ * 524 ] *It appeared that Allen had, previous to the 8th of June, 1819, belonged to the militia company in Brain-tree, commanded by Captain French, of which Hobart was the…
Decided 1820-10-15