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Hill v. Herbert

3 N.J.L. 925
Supreme Court of New Jersey·Decided February 15, 1812·Published

Opinion

By the Court. — It

is necessary to set out each separate distinct offence. In penal actions, it is not sufficient for the plaintiff to charge the defendant in general terms, with the [484]*484commission of ten or any other number of oifences, but he must set them out with certainty.

Judgment reversed.1

Cited in Kerr v. Karker, 2 Halst. 349. Distinguished in Johnson v. Barclay, 1 Harr. 1 and 5.

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