Commonwealth v. Dyer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment on the St. of 1875, o. 211, charging that the defendant, on July 13, 1879, at Fall River, “one Horace S. Andrews did unlawfully and wilfully intimidate, and did seek to intimidate, and by force and intimidation did seek to prevent from continuing in the employment of a corporation, to wit, the Weetamoe Mills, a corporation then and there duly incorporated under the laws of said Commonwealth and having its usual place of business in said Fall River, he the said…
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Indictment on the St. of 1875, o. 211, charging that the defendant, on July 13, 1879, at Fall River, “one Horace S. Andrews did unlawfully and wilfully intimidate, and did seek to intimidate, and by force and intimidation did seek to prevent from continuing in the employment of a corporation, to wit, the Weetamoe Mills, a corporation then and there duly incorporated under the laws of said Commonwealth and having its usual place of business in said Fall River, he the said Horace S. Andrews being then and there employed by and in the employment of said corporation as a spinner in the mill of…
1Opinion of the CourtSoule, J.
The indictment in this case contains certain unnecessary allegations. It is founded on the St. of 1875, c. 211, § 2, which is in these words: “ Whoever shall by intimidation or force prevent or seek to prevent any other person or persons from entering or continuing in the employment of any corporation, company or individual, shall be punished therefor by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.” The allegations that the defendant “ did intimidate, and did seek to intimidate,” are not allegations of any offence under the statute, and must be rejected as of no value. There remains the…
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- Commonwealth v. AshtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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