Commonwealth v. Plaisted

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1889-01-05

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Morton, C. J. The defendant contends that the rules of the board of police, which he is charged with having violated, are not within the terms of the authority conferred upon that board. But we think this ground of objection cannot be maintained. The St. of 1885, c. 323, § 2, conferred upon and vested in the board of police all the power theretofore vested in the board of police commissioners, except as otherwise therein provide…

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