¶1orally.—The complaint shows that it was made and sworn to in the county of Lincoln, and before the justice of a town court. That was sufficiently descriptive of the justice’s jurisdiction. The objection that Mr. Cochran was designated by the vote of the town has no force. It is from his office as a justice of the peace, and not from the act of the town, that his official powers are derived. Neither was the selection of Mr. Cochran invalidated by the fact that he was a member of the Legislature which passed the act establishing the town court. Additional powers are frequently conferred upon officers, without the need of a new appointment. Motion in arrest overruled.
32 Me. 526
State v. Coombs
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 15, 1851
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1851-04-15
Complaint, addressed “ to John C. Cochran, Esq., a justice of the peace, and justice of the town court of East Thomaston.” It appeared, that the Legislature of 1849, of which Mr. Cochran was a member, enacted the statute, c. 128, establishing the town court of East Thomaston, and providing that the justice of the court should be selected by the legal voters of the town; that no person should be eligible, unless he were a justice of the peace and quorum ; and, that he should…
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Decided 1851-04-15
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