Commonwealth v. Connolly

Indictment under the St. of 1866, c. 262, § 5, charging that the defendant at Boston on March 24,1867, “ did falsely assume and pretend to be ” “ a deputy of the constable of the Commonwealth,” “ and did then and there unlawfully take upon himself to act as such officer, by declaring himself to one Bridget Durand to be such officer, and by then and there searching in the dwelling-house of one Bartley Durand, the husband of the said Bridget, for intoxicating liquors kept for…