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Patrick Peel, The American Justice Of The Peace, Legal Populism, And Social Intermediation: 1645 To 1860, Paper Presented To Conference On Colonies And Postcolonies Of Law, Princeton University (Mar. 18, 2011)
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… discussing differences between social role of American and English J.P’s, they were a natural target of damages actions.
29 Provincial Papers Of New Hampshire Iv-Vi (Albert S. Batchellor Ed., 1891)
29 Provincial Papers Of New Hampshire Iv-Vi (Albert S. Batchellor Ed., 1891)
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The Masonian reference is to a politically-charged series of land disputes that roiled the justice system of the colony for many of its early years and was not ultimately resolved until 1790
John M. Mcclintock, History Of New Hampshire 501–02 (Boston, B.B. Russell 1889)
John M. Mcclintock, History Of New Hampshire 501–02 (Boston, B.B. Russell 1889)
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The War of 1812 was highly controversial domestically, especially in federalist New England16 and particularly prior to April 1814 - the period during which the British blockade of the Atlantic Coast exempted ports from Boston northward. One result was widespread smuggling between New England and Canada.
Maine Historical Society, Coll. 8, Box 1/4 - Petition Of Isaac Hodsdon (January 31, 1822)
Maine Historical Society, Coll. 8, Box 1/4 - Petition Of Isaac Hodsdon (January 31, 1822)
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Hodsdon signed a petition to Congress seeking compensation for his expenses in connection with his various legal entanglements. … Hodsdon accordingly sought reimbursement from “the Government of the United States, the orders of whose officers he has strictly obeyed,” for his expenses “in defending himself in prosecutions brought against him for doing a duty, which he was bound as a subordinate officer to do.
Foreign News, N.H. Gazette, May 30, July 15, 1817
Foreign News, N.H. Gazette, May 30, July 15, 1817
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Meanwhile, as readers of New Hampshire newspapers would have been aware, there was a controversial partial suspension of the writ in England during 1817-18 in consequence of disorderly protests in support of political and industrial reform.
The Season Of Deception, N.H. Patriot6, March 8, 1814
The Season Of Deception, N.H. Patriot6, March 8, 1814
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Rebuts claim of rival newspaper that Hodsdon was guilty of military despotism.
Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. M, Sept. 1793 - Sept. 1796, At 494–96 - Warner V. Dame
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… recording 1796 lawsuit by Warner against Sheriff Dame alleging failure of Dame’s deputy to file writ of attachment he had served on debtor.
Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. M, Sept. 1793 - Sept 1796, At 377–79, New Hampshire State Archives - Willson V. Reid
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… lawsuit by Willson against Sheriff Reid alleging Reid’s deputy allowed a defendant in jail under attachment to escape.
Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. L, Apr. 1789 - Apr. 1793, At 96 - Simpson V. Webster,
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Recording lawsuit by Simpson against Sheriff Webster alleging Webster allowed a defendant in jail for a judgment to escape.
Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. J, Sept. 1785 - Sept. 1788, At 4–5 - Kimball V. Kelly
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Recording lawsuit by Kimball against Sheriff Kelly alleging failure of Kelly’s deputy to execute a money judgment.
Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court,Vol. I, Mar. 1782 - Apr. 1785, At 384, New Hampshire State Archives - Kimball V. Calfe
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… New England tax litigations ... continued after Independence as before, plaintiffs routinely alleged simply that the tax had been imposed “illegally” and went to the jury on the general issue.
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. F, 1767 - 1770, At 358 - 61, New Hampshire State Archives - Shannon V. Thompson
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The defendant in a land dispute had successfully gotten the action abated for a defect in the pleading of title.
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. E, May 1764 - Feb. 1767, At 375–77, New Hampshire State Archives - Sandborn V. Reid
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Llawsuit by James Sandborn and his wife Esther against Deputy Sheriff Rand alleging he allowed a defendant in jail for a judgment to escape.
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. F, 1767-1770, At 203-04, New Hampshire State Archives, At 203–04 - King V. Blay
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Claggett later served as King’s Attorney in a notorious prosecution that resulted in the 1768 hanging of Ruth Blay, who had delivered a stillborn child out of wedlock and concealed its body
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. E, May 1764 - Feb. 1767, At 83-84, New Hampshire State Archives, At 428 - Weare V. Weare,
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… New England tax litigations ... continued after Independence as before, plaintiffs routinely alleged simply that the tax had been imposed “illegally” and went to the jury on the general issue.
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. E, May 1764 - Feb. 1767, At 194, New Hampshire State Archives - Pert V. Odel
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Unsuccessful action tried in 1765 alleging that the collection was “against the peace and the laws of the land”.
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. E, May 1764 - Feb. 1767, At 189, New Hampshire State Archive - Langdon V. Clark
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… successful action brought in 1764 alleging same in which by agreement town seemingly substituted on appeal for defendant Selectmen. The jurors thus decided both whether the tax was illegal and whether or not the defendant officers knew or should have known of the illegality.
Provincial Case File No. 23475, New Hampshire State Archives, Which Also Contains A Copy Of The Altered Mittimus Against James Dwyer Signed By Wyseman Claggett
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...Claggett reluctantly signed a mittimus committing him [James Dwyer] to jail. “[B]y mistake [he] dated it 3d November instead of December which he afterwards at gaol keepers request rectified.
Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 27–28, New Hampshire State Archives - Monson V. Ban Ll
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… deputy sheriffs had executed judgments and pocketed the proceeds, resulting in lawsuits against the Sheriff as the party responsible for the conduct of his subordinates.