Commonwealth v. Hayes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a tenement in Brockton, used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on May 1, 1886, and on divers other days and times between that day and August 3, 1886. Trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : It appeared that during all of the time named in the complaint the defendant was the holder of a license of the first…
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Complaint for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a tenement in Brockton, used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on May 1, 1886, and on divers other days and times between that day and August 3, 1886. Trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : It appeared that during all of the time named in the complaint the defendant was the holder of a license of the first class for the keeping and selling of intoxicating liquors, and also of a license as an innholder, under the provisions of…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The provision of the Pub. Sts. c. 169, § 18, cl. 1, that “ neither husband nor wife shall be allowed to testify as to private conversations with each other,” is not confined to conversations upon subjects which are confidential in their nature, and it includes conversations between them relating to business done by one as agent of the other. If the defendant could not be allowed to testify that she gave directions to her husband relating to her business, for the purpose of showing that they were given, she could not be allowed to testify that she gave them, for the purpose of proving that she…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WachendorfMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Drew v. TarbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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