58 N.H. 159
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 5, 1877
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1877-08-05
Indictment, for obstructing a sheriff in the service of a capias. The court reserved the question of the sufficiency of the indictment.
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Decided 1877-08-05
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently June 1948
6 state decisions
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¶1 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.”
¶2 Case discharged.