Case of Parcher
2 Me. 321
Opinion
It is very clear that the act charged in the indictment ivas no offence at common law, but was merely a trespass; [322]*322and it falls within the principle of Commonwealth v. Knowlton, 2 Mass. 530. and for the reasons there given the judgment in this case must be arrested. The jurisdiction docs not belong to the Court below, unless expressly given; which in the present instance has not been done.
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Commonwealth v. Knowlton
2 Mass. 530 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1807)