Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Martin

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 27, 1939PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

The defendant was convicted upon two complaints, one charging a violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 139, §§ 4, 5, by the maintenance of a nuisance in keeping a tenement used for prostitution, assignation and lewdness, and the second with a violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 272, § 6, by knowingly permitting a female to be upon certain premises in the control of the defendant for the purpose of unlawfully having sexual intercourse.

In answer to a motion for a bill of particulars in the first case the Commonwealth furnished the defendant with the address of the premises mentioned in the complaint and…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  3. Commonwealth v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  4. Commonwealth v. WakelinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  5. Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  3. Commonwealth v. MannosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  4. Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Commonwealth v. StoutMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969

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