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Provincial Case File No. 17944, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Charles Banfild, Undated Dec 1713

Provincial Case File No. 17944, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Charles Banfild, Undated

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

In 1714, Charles Banfild was an appointed constable for the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. One of his duties was to collect taxes from the townspeople and remit them to the Selectmen. ... As he explained to the New Hampshire Superior Court in mid-August of that year, he used his best endeavours to collect but the “people would not pay.” And as fast as he hauled the delinquents before the local Justices of the Peace (“J.P.s”) for non-payment, just as fast did the J.P.s discharge them. This process was interrupted only by his own imprisonment for nonpayment of the taxes …


An Act To Compell Constables To Doe Their Duties In Collecting Rates, Passed March 9, 1692–93. Dec 1691

An Act To Compell Constables To Doe Their Duties In Collecting Rates, Passed March 9, 1692–93.

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

The underlying dispute between rival slates of officeholders was resolved over the summer by the provincial House of Representatives.


Localism, Pretext, And The Color Of School Dollars, Derek W. Black Mar 223

Localism, Pretext, And The Color Of School Dollars, Derek W. Black

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