New Hampshire Certain Cases Tried by Police, Question 5 (1903)
The New Hampshire Certain Cases Tried by Police Amendment, also known as Question 5, was on the ballot in New Hampshire on March 10, 1903, as a constitutional convention referral. It was defeated. It proposed that police be given the power to try criminal cases that could not result in imprisonment in the state prison.[1]
Election results
| New Hampshire Question 5 (March 1903) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 11,289 | 36.39% | ||
| Yes | 19,736 | 63.61% | ||
Election results via: Manual for the General Court 1905
Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.
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